[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20640-20641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8665]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice is hereby given that on March 24, 2004, a proposed consent
Decree in United States v. Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P., Civil
Action No. 99-1171 (SEC), was lodged with the United States District
Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims on
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for
injunctive relief under the Clean Water Act and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), subtitles C and I, against
Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P. (``CPR''). Pursuant to the Consent
Decree, CPR is required to comply with all terms and provisions,
including the effluent limitations, of its NPDES Permit, comply with
all CFR part 265, subparts G, H and K post closure care requirements
for its Equalization Basin, including conducting groundwater monitoring
or remediation pursuant to any EPA-approved groundwater plan, and
comply with applicable requirements of Subtitle I of RCRA relating to
underground storage tanks, including the federally enforceable Puerto
Rico regulations provided at 40 CFR 282.102, that are applicable to all
underground storage tanks located at the CPR Facility. In a prior, now
final, settlement stipulation entered in CPR's bankruptcy proceeding,
CPR agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 million over six years.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P., Civil Action No. 99-1171
(SEC), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4058.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United
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States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Office Building, Rm.
101, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, and at the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway,
New York, New York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the
proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A
copy of the proposed Consent Decree may 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. If requesting a copy of the
proposed Consent Decree, please so note and enclose a check in the
amount of $6.00 (25 cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-8665 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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