[Federal Register: December 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Stipulated Dismissal Pursuant to the Clean 
Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed joint stipulation of dismissal in United 
States v. Exxon Company, U.S.A., Civil Action No. H-98-0392, was lodged 
on November 17, 1998, with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Texas. Exxon Company, U.S.A. operates a petroleum 
refinery at Baytown, Texas. On February 13, 1998, the United States 
commenced a civil action praying for civil penalties and injunctive 
relief for violations of the Clean Air Act. The injunctive relief 
prayed for was the testing of seven flares for compliance with the Act. 
Exxon has performed the injunctive relief and will pay a civil penalty 
in the amount of $250,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed joint stipulation of dismissal. Comments should be addressed 
to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and 
should refer to United States v. Exxon Company, U.S.A., DOJ Ref. #90-5-
1-1-2164.
    The proposed stipulated dismissal may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, 910 Travis Street, #1500, Houston, Texas 
77208 and at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202-347-2072. A copy of the proposed 
joint stipulation of dismissal may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
reference case and enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32215 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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