[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3214]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
Notice is hereby given that on February 10, 2009, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States, et al v. Frontier Refining Inc. and
the Frontier El Dorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. Civil Action
No. 09-CV-1032-WEB-KMH was lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of Kansas.
The Consent Decree in this Clean Air Act enforcement action against
Frontier Refining Inc. and the Frontier El Dorado Refining Company
(collectively ``Frontier'') resolves allegations by the Environmental
Protection Agency, asserted in a complaint filed together with the
Consent Decree, under Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7413(b) and, 7477 Section 109(c) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9609(c), and Section 325(b) of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11045(b) for alleged environmental
violations at Frontier Refining Inc.'s petroleum refinery located in
Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Frontier El Dorado Refining Company's petroleum
refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas. The proposed Consent Decree also
resolves separate but related state law claims brought by Wyoming and
Kansas who have intervened in this matter. This is one of numerous
national settlements reached as part of the EPA's CAA Petroleum
Refinery Initiative. Consistent with the objectives of EPA's national
initiative, in addition to the payment of civil penalties, the
settlement will require Frontier to perform injunctive relief to reduce
emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and
carbon monoxide at the covered refineries and to implement several
Supplemental Environmental Projects. In addition, to resolve certain
alleged Risk Management Program violations of Section 112(r)(7) of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7), the Frontier El Dorado Refining
Company will pay an additional civil penalty, perform a Supplemental
Environmental Project and implement injunctive to correct program
deficiencies.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States, et al v. Frontier Refining Inc. and the Frontier El
Dorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. Civil Action No. 09-CV-1032-
WEB-KMH, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-08660.
The Consent Decree may be examined at: the Office Of the United
States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, 2120 Capitol Avenue--4th
Floor, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001; the Office of United States Attorney
for the District of Kansas, 500 State Street Suite 360, Kansas City,
Kansas 66101, USAO File Number 2008V00801; U.S. EPA Region 8, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129; and U.S. EPA Region 7, 901
North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. During the public comment
period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 no. (202) 514-0097,
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the
Consent Decree Library, exclusive of exhibits and defendants'
signatures, please enclose a check in the amount of $45.75 (25[cent]
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. If requesting a copy with exhibits,
enclose a check in the amount of $51.00.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-3214 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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