Notice2024-28710
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
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Published
December 6, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97071-97072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28710]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Missouri in the lawsuit entitled United States of America
v. BCP Ingredients, Inc. Civ. No. 3:24-cv-5094 (W.D. Mo.).
The Complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for
alleged violations of section 112(r) of the Federal Clean Air Act
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7), and its implementing regulations set
forth at 40 CFR part 68, resulting from a release of ethylene oxide
(``EtO'') at a chemical manufacturing and re-packaging facility owned
and operated by BCP Ingredients, Inc. (``BCP'') in Verona, Missouri.
Under the proposed Consent Decree resolving these alleged violations,
BCP will pay a civil penalty of $300,000 to the United States, install
an additional state-of-the-art EtO scrubber to reduce EtO emissions at
its facility, and share a copy of its final audit completion report
from a 2022 third party audit. BCP also will be required to perform
three Supplemental Environmental Projects totaling $350,000: (1)
donation of two vehicles to a local healthcare provider to provide
mobile health services to communities near BCP's facility; (2)
provision of at least 1,000 medical visits to be administered by the
same local healthcare provider using the vehicles BCP will donate for
the first SEP; and (3) donation of emergency response equipment to a
fire department near BCP's facility.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments
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should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States of
America v. BCP Ingredients, Inc. Civ. No. 3:24-cv-5094 (W.D. Mo.), D.J.
Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12805. All comments must be submitted no later than
thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments
may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9b9bcabaaa6a4a4aca7bde4acacbae7aca7bbad89bcbaada6a3e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30404552535f5d5d555e441d5555431e555e4254704543545f5a1e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees</a>. If you require assistance
accessing the consent decree, you may request assistance by email or
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.
Kathryn C. Macdonald,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-28710 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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