[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 30097-30098] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-14980] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. versus Ultramar Inc., Civil Action No. CV 96-3983-GHK (ASWx) (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. 7413(b), for violations of provisions of the act and of the regulations for New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') in subpart Ka of Part 60 of 40 C.F.R. 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 Ultramar Inc.'s (``Ultramar's'') Wilmington Refinery, which is located in Wilmington, California, Los Angeles County, California. A petroleum storage tank at this facility has a ``guidepole'' that passes through the roof of the storage tank. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of a ``drilled'' guidepole--a guidepole perforated by a series of holes along the length of the pole--violates 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, Ultramar will retrofit the tank with agreed upon emission control equipment. After retrofitting the tank, the defendant is required to operate the emissions control equipment specified by its consent decrees 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 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 Robert R. Klotz, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States v. Ultramar Inc., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002. The proposed Ultramar 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, or at the [[Page 30098]] Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthrone Street, San Francisco, California 94105; 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 of the consent decree in United States versus Ultramar Inc., please refer to that case and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002 and enclose a check in the amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs). Your check should be payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-14980 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M