[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43452-43453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14893]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Public Comment Period for Proposed Consent Decree
Amendment Under the Clean Air Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed amendment
to the consent decree in United States, et al. v. BP Exploration & Oil
Co., et al., Civil No. 2:96 CV 095 RL, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on July 14,
2005.
The original settlement was for civil penalties and injunctive
relief pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42
U.S.C. 7413(b) (1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (Supp. 1991),
covering seven refineries, and was entered by the Court on August 29,
2001, as part of EPA's Petroleum Refinery Initiative. Since entry, BP
has sold three of its refineries. The proposed Amendment modifies the
consent decree to set final emissions limits for NOX and
SO2 at the fluid catalytic cracking units at the BP
refineries and adds several other changes to update the consent decree
to conform to provisions that have been negotiated with refiners since
the entry of the BP decree.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Fourth
Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and
should refer to: United States v. BP Exploration & Oil Co., D.J. Ref.
90-5-2-1-07109/3.
The proposed Addendum may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, U.S. District Court,
5400
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Federal Plaza, Hammond, Indiana 46320, and at U.S. EPA Headquarters,
Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Washington, DC. During the public comment period the Fourth
Amendment to the Consent Decrees may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A
copy of the Amendment may also be obtained by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, PO 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 copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14893 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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