44598 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 24, 2013 / Notices Summary: Sections 506 and 511 of Orders—would decrease the volume of at 715 N. Delmar Avenue in Hartford, Public Law 95–87 provide that persons material that needs to be contained or Illinois. seeking permit revisions; renewals; or remediated as a waste, thereby reducing During the public comment period, transfer, assignment, or sale of their the potential cost of any final remedy the Consent Decree may be examined permit rights for coal mining activities for the Chemetco Site under the and downloaded at this Justice submit relevant information to the Comprehensive Environmental Department Web site: http:// regulatory authority to allow the Response, Compensation, and Liability www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ regulatory authority to determine Act. The Processing Agreement also Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide whether the applicant meets the requires that a fixed portion of the a paper copy of the Consent Decree requirements for the action anticipated. revenue from the reprocessing operation upon written request and payment of Bureau Form Number: None. be deposited in a specially-established reproduction costs. Please mail your Frequency of Collection: Once. environmental escrow account and used request and payment to: Consent Decree Description of Respondents: Surface for remediation of the Site. The Consent Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box coal mining permit applicants and State Decree would require that the work at 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. regulatory authorities. the Site by Paradigm and the Estate Please enclose a check or money order Total Annual Responses: 3,510 conform to a detailed set of EPA- for $147.25 (25 cents per page responses from permit applicants and approved work plans appended to the reproduction cost) payable to the United 3,343 responses from State regulatory Decree. The Decree also requires States Treasury. For a paper copy authorities. Paradigm to post financial assurance as without the exhibits, the cost is $28.50. Total Annual Burden Hours: 242,179. backing for its commitment to assure the Maureen Katz, clean closure of the reprocessing area Total Annual Non-wage Costs: Assistant Section Chief, Environmental $902,920. after its work is completed. All EPA Enforcement Section, Environment and costs of overseeing the sale and Natural Resources Division. Dated: July 18, 2013. reprocessing activities would be [FR Doc. 2013–17735 Filed 7–23–13; 8:45 am] Andrew F. DeVito, reimbursed under the settlement. Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. In addition, the proposed Consent BILLING CODE 4410–15–P [FR Doc. 2013–17829 Filed 7–23–13; 8:45 am] Decree would resolve claims against the BILLING CODE 4310–05–P Estate under the Resource Conservation DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’) and the Clean Water Act in exchange for: Notice of Lodging of Proposed DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (i) $471,000 to be transferred from a Consent Decree Under the Clean Air RCRA Financial Assurance Trust Fund Act Notice of Lodging of Proposed established by Chemetco to a Superfund Consent Decree Under the Special Account that can be used to On June 26, 2013, the Department of Comprehensive Environmental fund cleanup work at the Site; (ii) a Justice lodged a proposed Consent Response, Compensation, and Liability $500,000 allowed claim for civil Decree with the United States District Act, the Resource Conservation and penalties against the Estate; and Court for the Southern District of Recovery Act, and the Clean Water Act (iii) conditions limiting the sale of a Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United parking lot area that was created by States, et al. v. Gateway Energy & Coke On July 18, 2013, the Department of filling a portion of a wetland with slag. Company, et al., Civil Action No. 3:13– Justice lodged a proposed Consent The publication of this notice opens cv–00616–DRH–SCW. Decree with the United States District a period for public comment on the The United States, on behalf of the Court for the Southern District of proposed Consent Decree. Comments U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United should be addressed to the Assistant has filed a complaint under the Clean States v. Chemetco, Inc., Civil Action Attorney General, Environment and Air Act asserting claims relating to two Nos. 00–670 and 00–677. The United Natural Resources Division, and should Midwestern heat recovery coking States and the State of Illinois (the refer to United States v. Chemetco, Inc., facilities, one of which is located in ‘‘State’’) are plaintiffs in that D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–4516. All Granite City, Illinois (the ‘‘Gateway consolidated environmental comments must be submitted no later Facility’’), and the other of which is enforcement action concerning the than thirty (30) days after the located in Franklin Furnace, Ohio (the Chemetco Superfund Site in Hartford, publication date of this notice. ‘‘Haverhill Facility’’). The United States Illinois (the ‘‘Chemetco Site’’ or the Comments may be submitted either by seeks civil penalties and injunctive ‘‘Site’’). The United States and the State email or by mail: relief against the owners and operators also are co-signatories to the proposed of the Gateway and Haverhill Facilities. Consent Decree with the Chapter 7 To submit Send them to: The Haverhill Coke Company, LLC, Bankruptcy Estate of Chemetco, Inc. (the comments: formerly known as the Haverhill North ‘‘Estate’’), as represented by the Chapter Coke Company, is an owner and 7 Trustee for the Estate, and Paradigm By email ......... pubcomment- [email protected]. operator of the Haverhill Facility along Minerals and Environmental Services By mail ........... Assistant Attorney General with SunCoke Energy, Inc. (‘‘SunCoke’’) LLC (‘‘Paradigm’’). U.S. DOJ–ENRD, P.O. (together ‘‘the Haverhill Defendants’’). The proposed Consent Decree would Box 7611, Washington, The Gateway Energy & Coke Company, regulate the sale and reprocessing of DC 20044–7611. LLC is an owner and operator of the slag and other metal-bearing materials at Gateway Facility along with SunCoke the Chemetco Site under an Asset The United States also intends to hold (together ‘‘the Gateway Defendants’’). Purchase and Processing Agreement a public meeting on the proposed The States of Illinois and Ohio are co- between the Estate and Paradigm (the Consent Decree pursuant to section plaintiffs in this action. The State of ‘‘Processing Agreement’’). Work under 7003(d) of RCRA. The meeting will be Illinois asserts claims in this action that Processing Agreement—which was held at 6:30 p.m. on August 6, 2013, at relating to the Gateway Facility under approved by a set of Bankruptcy Court the Hartford Community Center, located the Illinois Environmental Protection VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:37 Jul 23, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES.