[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53689-53690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17849]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Revised Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 31, 2005, 
a First Revised Consent Decree in the matter of United States, et al. 
v. Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, Civil Action No. 4:01-CV-40119-PVG, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Michigan.
    The First Revised Consent Decree supercedes a Consent Decree 
entered in the above-referenced action in August of 2001 (``August 2001 
Consent Decree'') among the United States, as Plaintiff, the County of 
Wayne, the State of Louisiana, and the State of Minnesota, as 
Plaintiff-Intervenors, and Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (``MAP''), as 
Defendant. In the August 2001 Consent Decree, MAP agreed to undertake, 
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alia, numerous projects to reduce emissions of air pollutants at seven 
refineries that MAP owns and operates. The proposed First Revised 
Consent Decree includes numerous changes, including substituting some 
of the original control technologies that proved ineffective or 
potentially unsafe for alternative, proven technologies, extending some 
compliance deadlines while accelerating others, incorporating some new 
final emissions limits, and modifying provisions relating to reporting, 
recordkeeping, modification, and termination.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First 
Revised Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States, et al. v. Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07247.
    The First Revised Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, 211 W. Fort St., Suite 2300, Detroit, 
Michigan 48226, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson St., Chicago, 
IL 60604. During the public comment period, the First Revised 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 First Revised 
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 number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $59.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-17849 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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