[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30096-30097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14979]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree was lodged in U.S. v. Mobil Oil 
Corp., Civil Action No. CV 96-3981-RSWL (SHx) (C.D. Cal.) on June 5, 
1996, with the United States District court for the Central District of 
California. The case is a civil action under Section 113(b) of the 
Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(b), for violations of 
provisions of the Act and of the regulations for New Source Performance 
Standards (``NSPS'') in subparts Ka and Kb of Part 60 of 40 CFR that 
require all openings in the roofs of petroleum storage tanks that are 
subject to the regulations to be sealed or covered.
    The violations of the NSPS regulations involved Mobil's Torrance 
Refinery, located in Los Angeles County, California. Petroleum storage 
tanks at this facility have ``guidepoles'' that pass through the roofs 
of the storage tanks. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of 
``slotted'' guidepoles--guidepoles perforated by a series of slots 
along the length of the pole--violate NSPS that require all openings in 
the roofs of petroleum storage tanks to be sealed or covered. The 
complaint seeks injunctive relief to ensure future compliance with the 
NSPS regulations. Under the consent decree, Mobil will retrofit a total 
of 20 tanks with agreed upon emission control equipment. After 
retrofitting the specified tanks, the defendant is required to operate 
the emissions control equipment specified by its consent decree in 
compliance with the Clean Air Act and its consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed

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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 copied to Richard L. Beal, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 
Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to 
U.S. v. Mobil Oil Corp., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994.
    The proposed Mobil consent decree may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1100 United 
States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 
90012; the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; and 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. To request a copy of the 
consent decree in United States v. Mobile Oil Corp., please refer to 
that case and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994 and enclose a check in the amount 
of $4.25. Your check should be payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14979 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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