[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 53 (Thursday, March 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6059]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on March 4, 2004, a proposed consent decree in United
States and Kansas Department of Health and Environment, ex rel. State
of Kansas v. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC and
Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, Docket No. 04-1064-MLB, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In
this action brought pursuant to the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), the United States
has requested the imposition of injunctive relief on the defendants.
This action arose out of the defendants' recent acquisition of certain
assets of Farmland Industries, Inc., including a refinery in
Coffeyville, Kansas, and a terminal in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The United
States has alleged that the refinery and terminal failed to meet
several requirements of CAA and RCRA over a period of several years.
The Consent Decree requires the defendants to perform CAA
injunctive relief at the refinery, and to provide financial assurance
pursuant to RCRA for the refinery and the terminal The Consent Decree
obliges the defendants to, among other things: (1) Install Best
Available Control Technology emissions controls, specifically a Wet Gas
Scrubber to control sulfur dioxide emissions and Selective Catalytic
Reduction to control NOx emissions, by 2010; (2) implement
interim measures to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and
NOx; (3) implement a program for controlling benzene
emissions; (4) control particulate and VOC emissions; and (5) provide
financial assurance for RCRA corrective action totaling $15 million.
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, United States Department of Justice, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, Post Office Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, DC 20044-7611 and should refer to United States and State
of Kansas v. Coffeyville Resources, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07459/1.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, 901 N. 5th
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. During the comment period the
consent decree may be examined on the 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, Post Office
Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing
or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]),
fax number (202) 514-0097, telephone confirmation number (202) 514-
1547. In requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the
amount of $27.00 for United States and State of Kansas v. Coffeyville
Resources (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S.
Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 04-6059 Filed 3-17-04; 8:45 am]
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