[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1995]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on January 11, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Caribbean Petroleum Corporation, Civil No. 95-
1028(PG), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree settles the United 
States' claims that the defendant had violated provisions of the Clean 
Air Act. The defendant operates a crude oil refinery located in 
Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a 
$350,000 civil penalty. The defendant will also be required to comply 
with the terms of the fuel oil and gas limitations and record-keeping 
requirements of its PSD Permit and with those provisions of the New 
Source Performance Standards for Petroleum Refineries and the 
Regulation for the Control of Atmospheric Pollution alleged in the 
complaint to have been violated.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Caribbean Petroleum Corporation, D.O.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
1848.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region II Office 
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, 
New York, NY 10278 and at the Environmental Enforcement Section 
Document Center, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 
(202 624-0892). A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained 
in person or by mail from the Environmental Enforcement Section 
Document Center, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) made payable to Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-1995 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am]
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