[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5129]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Notice is hereby given that on September 28, 2007, a proposed
Consent Decree between the United States, the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management, the Mississippi Commission on Environmental
Quality, Hunt Refining Company and Hunt Southland Refining Company
(collectively ``Hunt'') was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the case of United States
et al. v. Hunt Refining Company et al., Civil Action No. CV-07-P-1777-
W.
In a complaint that was filed simultaneously with the Consent
Decree, the United States sought a civil penalty and injunctive relief
against Hunt for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq., and its implementing regulations, in connection with
Hunt's petroleum refineries located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and
Sandersville and Lumberton, Mississippi.
The Consent Decree requires Hunt to implement pollution control
technologies to significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides
(``NO2'') and sulfur dioxide (``SO2'') from
refinery process units, reduce the flaring of process upset gasses,
improve leak detection and repair procedures, and improve the
management of benzene wastewater streams. Hunt has estimated that this
injunctive relief will cost the company approximately $48,500,000. Hunt
will pay a civil penalty of $400,000, which the States of Alabama and
Mississippi will share, and spend more than $475,000 on supplemental
environmental projects to benefit the community and environment. Hunt
has agred to upgrade controls to reduce volatile organic compound
emissions from the wastewater systems at the Tuscaloosa refinery and
will buy emergency preparedness equipment and train mutual aid
responders in Choctaw County, Alabama; and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The
States of Alabama and Mississippi will join in this settlement as
signatories to the Consent Decree.
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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
either e-mailed to [email protected], or mailed to P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and
should refer to United States et al. v. Hunt Refining Company et al.,
D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-08392.
The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (contact Marlene Tucker). During the
public comment period, the Consent Decree also may be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree also 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. In
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, Please enclose a
check in the amount of $31.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.
Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5129 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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