[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25288]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Mobil 
Chemical Company, Civil Action No. 1:95 CV 858, was lodged on September 
28, 1995, with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
    The Consent Decree between the United States and Mobil Chemical 
Company resolves violations of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and the 
Benzene and Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (``NESHAP''), the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') and the 
company's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') 
Permit, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') and 
the state and federal hazardous waste regulations occurring at the 
company's petrochemical facility in Beaumont, Texas. The Consent Decree 
includes a requirement that Mobil pay a civil penalty of $250,000.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Mobil Chemical Company, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-652.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 350 Magnolia Street, Suite 250, Beaumont, Texas 
77701-2237; the Region VI Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; 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 $3.25 (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. 95-25288 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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