[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36079-36080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17435]


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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. Shell 
Oil Company and Shell Wood River Refining Company, Civil Action No. 97-
539-WDS, was

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lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern district 
of Illinois on June 20, 1997 contemporaneously with the filing of a 
complaint. This proposed consent decree would resolve the United 
States' civil claims against Shell Oil Company and Shell Wood River 
Refining Company under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 7401 et seq. 
Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the defendants will pay 
a civil penalty of $678,000 and perform injunctive relief, including 
the installation of an enhanced biodegradation unit for controlling 
benzene emissions from the water extracted from certain groundwater 
production wells at Defendants facility.
    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 and Shell Wood River Refining 
Company, Civil Action No. 97-539-WDS, and the Department of Justice 
Reference No. 90-5-2-1-2037.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern district of Illinois, 9 Executive 
Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590; 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 $6.50 (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. 97-17435 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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