[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9740]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Witco Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. CV-F-92-5705 REC, was 
lodged on April 5, 1995 with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of California.
    The proposed consent decree resolves a case brought by the United 
States pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act against Witco Corporation 
(``Witco'') and Catalyst Golden Bear Cogeneration Partnership 
(``Catalyst'') for violations committed at Witco's refinery located in 
Oildale, California (``Refinery'').
    The proposed consent decree requires Witco and Catalyst jointly to 
pay $700,000 in civil penalties. The proposed decree also requires 
Witco to construct and operate a wastewater recycling system as a 
supplemental environmental Project and to comply with the following 
injunctive relief demands: Conducting site characterization work to 
determine the extent of soil and groundwater contamination at and 
around the Refinery; permanently closing and abandoning all injection 
wells at the Refinery; installing air pollution control and emissions 
monitoring equipment on certain Refinery equipment and complying with 
all federal regulations applicable to that equipment; complying with 
the applicable State Implementation Plan; and training Refinery 
employees concerning the proper disposal of solvents in the Refinery's 
laboratory.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Witco Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3643.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 3654 Federal Building, 1130 ``O'' Street, 
Fresno, CA 93721 (209) 487-5820; the Region IX Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 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 Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $16.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-9740 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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