[Federal Register: January 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 17)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 20,
2001, a proposed Complaint and Consent Decree in United States v.
Conoco Inc., Civil Action No. H-01-4430, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Notice of
this proposed settlement was first published in the Federal Register on
January 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 1, page 107), opening a public
comment period for thirty (30) days on the Consent Decree and
instructing that comments be sent by regular first class mail to the
U.S. Department of Justice. As a result of the discovery of anthrax
contamination at the District of Columbia mail processing center in
mid-October, 2001, the delivery of regular first-class mail sent
through the U.S. Postal Service has been disrupted. Consequently,
public comments which were addressed to the Department of Justice in
Washington, DC and sent by regular, first-class mail through the U.S.
Postal Service are not expected to be received in a timely manner. This
notice is to provide revised instructions for the submission of
comments, to extend the public comment period, and to request that
persons resubmit comments on this settlement that were previously
addressed to the Washington, DC post office box.
In this action the United States sought civil penalties and
injunctive relief against Conoco Inc. (``Conoco'') 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), alleged violations at
Conoco's 4 refineries in Colorado, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Under the settlement, Conoco will implement innovative pollution
control technologies to greatly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides
(``NOX'') and sulfur dioxide (``SO2'') from
refinery process units and adopt facility-wide enhanced monitoring and
fugitive emission control programs. In addition, Koch will pay a civil
penalty of $1.5 million and spend $5.5 million on supplemental and
beneficial environmental projects. The states of Colorado, Montana,
Oklahoma and Louisiana 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 Consent
Decree. Persons who have already submitted comments pursuant to the
January 2, 2002 notice
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are requested to resubmit their comments in accordance with these
revised instructions. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, and sent: (1) c/o Gordon M. Speights Young,
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, PO Box
61129, Houston, TX 77208; and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-0296;
and/or (3) by overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal
Service, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York
Avenue, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication should
refer on its face to United States v. Conoco Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07295/1.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Courthouse, 515 Rusk,
Houston, Texas 77002, and at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
Texas 75202. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained
by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent
Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation no. (202)
514-1547. There is a charge for the copy (25 cent per page reproduction
cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a check payable to the
``U.S. Treasury'', in the amount of $36.50, to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The
check should refer to United States v. Conoco Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07295/1.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1837 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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