[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32369-32370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13042]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 28, 2004, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Equistar Chemicals, LP, 
Civil Action No. 04-1172 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and a 
civil penalty to address violations of the Clean Air Act and the 
regulations promulgated thereunder. The Equistar Chemicals, LP facility 
is located in Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana and is currently 
closed. Under the Consent Decree, Equistar will, when it restarts the 
facility, conduct performance tests of Flares 008 and 009 to 
demonstrate compliance with the parameters in 40 CFR 60.18(f)(1) 
through 60.18(f)(6) and submit a written report containing the test 
results to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 
and the State within one hundred and eighty (180) days. Equistar 
Chemicals, LP will also pay a civil penalty of $100,000 and, as a 
supplemental environmental project, spend at least $95,000 to replace 
two older school buses in Calcasieu Parish with two new school buses 
that will emit less pollution than the older buses.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating tot he Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

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Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Equistar Chemicals, LP, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08012.
    The Consent Decree may be examined during the public comment period 
on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]) fax no. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a coipy from 
the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$7.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-13042 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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