[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 157 (Monday, August 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 41455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19564]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Modified Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 11, 2009, a proposed modified 
Consent Decree in United States et al. v. Ohio Edison Co., et al., 
(S.D. Ohio), No. C2-99-1181, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The proposed modified Decree 
is incorporated within a Joint Motion to Modify Consent Decree with 
Order Modifying Consent Decree, filed the same day in the same court.
    Under the proposed modified Consent Decree, Ohio Edison agrees to 
repower one of its coal-fired power plants--the R.E. Burger Generating 
Station Units 4 and 5 (``Burger'') near Shadyside, Ohio--using 
primarily renewable biomass fuel. The agreement, joined by the States 
of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, modifies a 2005 consent decree 
requiring reductions in Ohio Edison's emissions of sulfur dioxide 
(``SO2'') and nitrogen oxide (``NOX''). The 
modified decree will substantially reduce emissions of SO2 
and NOX from Burger's current levels and significantly 
reduce net carbon dioxide emissions from current levels.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
modified Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural 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 et al. v. Ohio Edison, et al., (S.D. Ohio.), No. 
C2-99-1181, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06894. The modified Consent Decree may 
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern 
District of Ohio, 280 North High Street, Fourth Floor, Columbus, Ohio 
43215. During the public comment period, the modified Consent Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the modified 
Consent 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 by 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 $2.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. E9-19564 Filed 8-14-09; 8:45 am]
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