[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-27339]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act; Atlantic Richfield Co., et al.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Atlantic Richfield Co. and Snyder Oil Corp., Civil Action No. 
94CV0246D, was lodged on October 7, 1994 with the United States 
District Court for the district of Wyoming. The proposed consent decree 
with defendants Atlantic Richfield Company (``ARCO'') and Snyder Oil 
Corporation (``Snyder'') sets a civil penalty of $875,000.00 for 
violations of the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) 
provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7471 et seq., and the regulations promulgated 
thereunder, 40 CFR 52.51 (b) through (w). The violations occurred at 
the Riverton Dome Gas Plant located on the Wind River Indian 
Reservation in Fremont County, Wyoming. A PSD permit was issued for the 
sources to be effective August 5, 1994 and the decree provides that 
Snyder must bring the facility into compliance within six weeks after 
the effective date of the permit.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. and Snyder Oil Corp., DOJ Ref. 
#90-5-2-1-1896.
    Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, District of Wyoming, J.C. O'Mahoney 
Federal Building, 2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 402, Cheyenne, Wyoming, or 
at the Region VIII office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 999 
18th Street, Suite 700 South, Denver, Colorado 80202. A copy may also 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). When 
requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 94-27339 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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