[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2444-2445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-923]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act,
Clean Water Act, RCRA, and EPCRA
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 22,
2000, a proposed Complaint and Consent Decree in United States v. Koch
Petroleum Group, L.P., Civil Action No. 00-2756-PAM-SRN, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
In this action the United States sought civil penalties and
injunctive relief against Koch Petroleum Group, L.P., (``Koch'')
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), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
(``EPCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 11004(a); and the Clean Water
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Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3) and (j) for alleged violations at
Koch's 3 refineries: Pine Bend, Minnesota, and the East and West
refineries in Corpus Christi, Texas. Under the settlement, Koch will
implement innovative 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. In addition, Koch
will pay a civil penalty of $4.5 million, $3.5 million of which is for
settlement of the RCRA claims. The state of Minnesota will join in this
settlement as a signatory to the Consent Decree.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States v. Koch Petroleum Group, L.P., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07110.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 234 United States Courthouse, 110 South Fourth Street,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the Consent Decree may also
be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy,
please enclose a check in the amount of $39.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-923 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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