[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18798-18799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8911]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Public Comment Period For Proposed Consent Decrees 
Under The Clean Air Act, TSCA and RCRA

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 
days, the United States will receive public comments on proposed 
Consent Decrees in United States v. Motiva Enterprises LLC, Equilon 
Enterprises LLC, and Deer

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Park Refining Limited Partnership, Civil Action No. H-01-0978, which 
were lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas on March 21, 2001.
    These proposed Consent Decrees were lodged simultaneously with the 
Complaint in this national, multi-facility Clear Air Act (``Act'') 
enforcement action against Motiva Enterprises LLC, Equilon Enterprises 
LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a petroleum refining 
alliance (``the Companies''), pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean 
Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b) (Supp. 1991).
    Under the settlement, the Companies will implement pollution 
control technologies to greatly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides 
(``NOX'') and sulfur dioxide (``SO2'') from refinery process 
units and adopt facility-wide enhanced monitoring and fugitive emission 
control programs. The Companies will also adopt measures to eliminate 
excess flaring of hydrogen sulfide. This settlement will result in 
emission reductions of approximately 60,000 tons per year.
    The proposed Consent Decree will also resolve alleged violations 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq., and the Toxic Substances Control Act, (``TSCA''), 15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq. at Motiva's Convent, Louisiana, and Port Arthur, 
Texas refineries, and the Deer Park, Texas refinery operated by Shell.
    In addition, the Companies will pay a civil penalty of $9.5 
million, and spend $5.5 million on Supplemental Environmental Projects 
(``SEPs''). The states of Delaware and Louisiana, and the Washington 
state Northwestern Air Pollution Authority (``NWAPA'') will join in 
this settlement as Plaintiff-Interveners and signatories to the Consent 
Decrees and each will benefit from the Companies' performance of the 
SEPs in the communities where the refineries are located. Delaware and 
Louisiana will share in the civil penalty.
    Comments should be addressed to the Acting Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Motiva Enterprises LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07209.
    The Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Courthouse, 515 Rusk, 
Houston, Texas 77002, and at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
Texas 75202. A copy of the Consent Decrees may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $107.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-8911 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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