[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62257-62258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29491]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Colorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. 95-WY-2608 (D. Colo.), was 
lodged on October 13, 1995, with the United States District Court for 
the District of Colorado.
    The settlement concerns the petroleum refinery owned and operated 
by Colorado Refining Company (``CRC'') in Commerce City, Colorado. 
CRC's refinery is subject to a Clean Air Act ``Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration'' or ``PSD'' permit which limits sulfur 
dioxide emissions from a ``Claus Plant,'' and also requires CRC to 
maintain a continuous emission monitoring (``CEM'') system to measure 
SO2 emissions from the Claus Plant. The settlement resolves civil 
claims that CRC violated the permit limit on sulfur dioxide emissions 
from the Claus Plant numerous times between July 1990 and March, 1994, 
and that CRC failed to operate at all times a continuous emissions 
monitoring (``CEM'') device to measure SO2 in the gases discharged 
to the atmosphere.
    The settlement includes a civil penalty of $320,000. In addition, 
CRC is required to obtain a report from a nationally recognized expert 
in the field of sulfur recovery technology regarding modifications and/
or upgrades of the existing Claus Plant to make it effectively operate 
given the existing and anticipated sulfur ``flowthrough'' at the 
refinery, and, subject to EPA's approval, implement the recommendations 
of such expert report.
    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. Colorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. 95-WY-2608 
(D. Colo.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1356A. The proposed consent decree may 
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 1961 Stout 
Street, Suite 1200, Federal Building, Denver, Colorado 80294; the 
Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 700 South, Denver, Colorado 80202; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 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 Consent Decree Library, 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 $4.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental 
Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-29491 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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