[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18079]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(``CAA'')
Consistent with the policy set forth in the Department of Justice
regulations at 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 12,
2001, a proposed Consent Decree was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in United States
and State of Illinois v. Clark Refining and Marketing, Inc., Civil
Action No. 99-87 (GPM). The proposed Consent Decree settles claims
asserted by the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and the State of Illinois, pursuant to section
113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 9613(b), and the federally
enforceable State Implementation Plan (``SIP''), in connection with
operation of the Clark Refining (now The Premcor Refining Group Inc.)
petroleum refinery in Hartford, Illinois.
The Consent Decree requires Premcor to pay $2 million in civil
penalties for alleged violation of the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration requirements in Part C of the CAA and the implementing
regulations at 40 CFR 52.21, as well as violations of SIP emission
limits at the refinery's fluid catalytic cracking unit (``FCCU''). The
proposed Decree also requires Premcor to install a wet gas scrubber on
its FCCU, to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and particulate
matter. Additional pollution control measures in the decree include a
program that will result in installation of low-NOX or ultra
low-NOX burners at selected heaters and boilers at the
Hartford refinery.
The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to
the proposed consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be directed to the Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Clark Refining and Marketing, Inc., DOJ Reference #
90-5-2-1-2032.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 9
Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208 (contact
William E. Coonan, (618) 628-3700), and at the offices of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Brian Barwick, (312) 886-6620.
Copies may also be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In
requesting copies, please refer to the case name and DOJ reference
number an enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18079 Filed 7-18-01; 8:45 am]
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