NOTICE OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
ON PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AND INDORAMA
VENTURES
OLEFINS LLC
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Indorama Ventures Olefins LLC (Respondent), Agency Interest Number 5337, have entered into a proposed settlement agreement, Settlement Tracking No. SA-MM-24-0072, concerning the States allegations of environmental violations by Respondent at its facility in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, which allegations are set forth in Consolidated Compliance Orders & Notices of Potential Penalty, Enforcement Tracking Nos. AE-CN-18-00889, AE-CN-19-00568, and MM-CN-19-00740, Amended Consolidated Compliance Order & Notice of Potential Penalty, Enforcement Tracking No. AE-CN-18-00889A, and Notice of Potential Penalty, Enforcement Tracking No. WE-PP-22-00426.
The Department of Environmental Quality will accept comments on the proposed settlement for the next forty-five (45) days. The public is invited and encouraged to submit written comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, Post Office Box 4302, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 708214302, Attention: Brandon B. Williams, Attorney. All comments will be considered by the Department of Environmental Quality in reaching a decision on whether to make the settlement final.
Terms and conditions of the proposed settlement agreement may be reviewed on the Department of Environmental Qualitys website at www.deq.louisiana.gov, by selecting About LDEQ, Enforcement, and Settlements. The document may also be viewed at, and copies obtained from, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Public Records Center, Room 127, Galvez Building, 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802. To request a copy of the proposed settlement, submit a completed Public Record Request Form (DEQ Form ISD-0005-01). The form and instructions for completion may be found on the DEQ Website at the following address: http://deq.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/General/PublicRecordsRequestForm.pdf, or by calling the Customer Service Center at 1-866-896-5337.
Pursuant to La. R.S. 30:2050.7(D), the Department of Environmental Quality may hold a public hearing regarding this proposed settlement when either of the following conditions are met: 1) a written request for public hearing has been filed by twenty-five (25) persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than twenty-five (25) members who reside in the parish in which the facility is located; or 2) the secretary finds a significant degree of public interest in this settlement.
For further information, you may call the Legal Division of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality at (225) 219-3985.
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