[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30808]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree with Quaker State 
Corporation in United States and State of West Virginia v. Quaker State 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 93-0196W (N.D. W. Va.), was lodged on 
November 12, 1996. The consent decree resolves the claims of the United 
States and the State of West Virginia under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. (``RCRA'') and the 
Clean Air Act (``CAA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. (1990), to 
obtain injunctive relief and penalties for violations of RCRA and the 
CAA, including the West Virginia State Implementation Plan (``SIP'') 
and the Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (``NESHAP''), and their implementing regulations, at the 
Quaker State refinery located in Congo, West Virginia. The proposed 
consent decree, among other things, obligates the Defendant to:

    (1) pay a total cash penalty of $1.752 million, of which 
$1,226,400 will be paid to the United States and $525,600 to the 
State of West Virginia;
    (2) perform a number of Supplemental Environmental Projects 
(``SEPs'');
    (3) construct replacement units for four basins in the waste 
water treatment plant (``WWTP''), and rebuild a concrete pad and 
walls where refinery heat exchange bundles were cleaned (``heat 
exchanger bundle cleaning pad'');
    (4) perform full RCRA closure of the refinery's stormwater 
basin, and sampling and equivalent closure measures for the former 
aeration basin to investigate and, if necessary, remediate threats 
to public health and the environment in the vicinity of that basin;
    (5) perform soil sampling and related corrective action measure, 
if necessary, to address soil and/or groundwater contamination in 
the vicinity of the two other basins at issue in the waste water 
treatment plant;
    (6) retain contractors to perform a detailed study of the 
refinery's existing air desulferization technology to optimize its 
performance;
    (7) install and operate a caustic scrubber as back-up air 
desulferization technology in the event the existing technology 
fails to operate or to achieve compliance with emission limits;
    (8) install continuous emission monitoring devices;
    (9) provide specified training programs for the waste water 
treatment plant operators and supervisors;
    (10) provide training and certification for asbestos abatement 
workers and renovate an asbestos decontamination room.

    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed partial 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. Quaker State Corporation, Civ. Action No. 93-
0196W (N.D. W. Va.).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed partial 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 $50.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library. Attachments to the proposed 
partial consent decree can be obtained for additional amount.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-30808 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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