[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4792-4793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2661]



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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. Shell 
Oil Company, 

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Civil Action No. 96-0328, Sec. A, Mag 2, was lodged on January 26, 
1996, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana.
    The Consent Decree between the United States and Shell Oil Company 
resolves violations of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), New Source 
Performance Standards (``NSPS'') and National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (``NESHAP''); the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(``SDWA''); the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act 
(``EPCRA''); the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') and the company's National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') Permits; and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') and the state and 
federal hazardous waste regulations. These violations occurred at the 
company's refinery and chemical facilities in Norco, Louisiana. The 
Consent Decree includes a requirement that Shell Oil Company pay a 
civil penalty of $1,000,000.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Shell Oil Company, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-629A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Hale Boggs Building, Room 201, 501 Magazine 
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; 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, 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 $4.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2661 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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