[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29979-29980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10760]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On May 14, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Michigan in the lawsuit entitled United States and Sierra 
Club v. DTE Energy Company and Detroit Edison Company, Civil Action No. 
10-cv-13101.
    In 2010, the United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air 
Act, later joined by Plaintiff-Intervenor Sierra Club. As amended over 
the course of the litigation, the United States' complaint sought 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the New Source 
Review provisions of the Clean Air Act at three of Defendants' coal-
fired power plants. The proposed consent decree resolves the United 
States' claims and requires Defendants' to reduce emissions from its 
five coal-fired power plants in eastern Michigan. The proposed consent 
decree also requires Defendants to pay a civil penalty of $1.8 million 
and perform an environmental mitigation project that replaces municipal 
buses with lower-emitting buses.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and Sierra Club v. DTE Energy Company and 
Detroit Edison Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09949. 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............................  [email protected].
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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $18.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Patricia McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-10760 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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