[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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