Notice2024-30505
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
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Published
December 23, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 104567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30505]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On December 17, 2024, the United States lodged a proposed Consent
Decree and Environmental Settlement Agreement with the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the Chapter 11
bankruptcy cases filed by Vertex Energy, Inc., as Lead Debtor, and its
Affiliated Debtors in the case captioned In re Vertex Energy, Inc., et
al., Case No. 24-90507-CML.
The proposed Consent Decree requires the Debtors, and after the
effective date of the Debtors' plan of reorganization, the Reorganized
Debtors, to retire over 18.7 million renewable identification number
credits, currently estimated to cost approximately $15 million, to
satisfy the Debtors' 2023 and 2024 renewable volume obligations by
March 31, 2025.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to In re Vertex Energy, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No.
90-5-2-1-13141. All comments must be submitted no later than ten (10)
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#2a5a5f48494547474f445e074f4f59044f44584e6a5f594e4540044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6e6b7c7d7173737b706a337b7b6d307b706c7a5e6b6d7a717430797168">[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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Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the
commenter.
During the public comment period, the proposed 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 proposed Consent Decree, you may request assistance by
email or by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting
comments.
Patricia McKenna,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-30505 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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