[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29031]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Extension of Time for Public Comment Regarding Lodged 
Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
was given on September 22, 1994 at 59 Fed. Reg. 48640, that a proposed 
consent decree was lodged in United States v. Atlantic Refining and 
Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun Co., Inc., (R&M), with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent 
decree addresses alleged violations of Sections 301 and 402 of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311 and 1342, which occurred at the 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania oil refinery owned by Atlantic Marketing and 
operated by Sun Co., Inc., R&M. Both entities are subsidiaries of Sun 
Company, Inc. Specifically, the defendants allegedly violated several 
parameters of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permit for the Philadelphia refinery. The parameters 
allegedly violated include those for total suspended solids, oil and 
grease, total chromium, hexavelant chromium, biochemical oxygen demand, 
phenolics, ammonia (as nitrogen), zinc, and pH. The violations included 
eleven bypasses of untreated water to the Schuylkill River.
    At the request of citizens who live in the vicinity of the 
refinery, the Department of Justice is extending the time for public 
comment relating to the proposed consent decree through December 8, 
1994. 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. 
Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-5056.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29031 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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