[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35263-35264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3150]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 13, 2007, a
proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Nevada Power
Company, Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-00771, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Nevada.
The Complaint filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree was
brought by the United States against Nevada Power Company (``Nevada
Power'') pursuant to Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act (the
``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) and 7477, seeking injunctive relief and
civil penalties for violations of the pre-construction permitting
program required by the Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(``PSD'') provisions of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7470-92, and the federally
enforceable State Implementation Plan (``SIP'') of Clark County,
Nevada. The Complaint alleges that, in 1992, Nevada Power modified, and
thereafter operated, two combustion turbines designated as Units 5 and
6 at its Clark Generating Station (``Clark Station'') in Las Vegas,
Nevada without first obtaining a PSD pre-construction permit and a
Title V Operating Permit authorizing the modification and the
subsequent operation of these units, and without installing and
operating the ``Best Available Control Technology'' to control
emissions of oxides of nitrogen (``NOx'').
The proposed Consent Decree would require Nevada Power to reduce
NOx emissions through, among other things, the installation
of pollution control technologies on Units 5 and 6 and on two
additional combustion turbines at Clark Station, designated as Units 7
and 8. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree would require Nevada
Power to fund $400,000 of solar arrays in Las Vegas. Finally, the
proposed Consent Decree would require Nevada Power to pay a $300,000
civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural
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Resources Division, and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States
v. Nevada Power Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07969.
The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney for the District of Nevada, located at 333 South Las Vegas
Blvd., Lloyd George Federal Building, Las Vegas, Nevada, and at U.S.
EPA Region 9, located at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California. During the public comment period, the Decree may also be
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ConsentDecrees.html. A copy of the Decree may also
be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a
check in the amount of $12.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. In
requesting a copy exclusive of appendices to the Decree, please enclose
a check in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the U.S. Treasury.
W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3150 Filed 6-26-07; 8:45 am]
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