[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,
inter
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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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