[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26175]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and Emergency 
Response and Community Right-To-Know 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, Shell Wood River Refining Company, Equilon Enterprises 
LLC, and Wood River Refining Company, a Division of Equilon Enterprises 
LLC, Civil Action No. 98-652-GPM, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on September 9, 
1998 contemporaneously with the filing of a complaint. This proposed 
consent decree would resolve the United States' civil claims against 
Shell Oil Company, Shell Wood River Refining Company, Equilon 
Enterprises LLC, and Wood River Refining Company, a Division of Equilon 
Enterprises LLC (``Defendants'') for violations at the Wood River 
Refinery in Roxana, Illinois, under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 
et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the Emergency Response and 
Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq. The proposed 
consent decree would also resolve claims brought by the State of 
Illinois, which has intervened in this action.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, Defendants will pay 
a civil penalty of $1.5 million ($500,000 of which will go to the State 
of Illinois) and certify compliance with the above-referenced 
environmental laws. Defendants also will perform six environmental 
projects as part of the proposed settlement, including a project that 
will reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide by 7,700 tons per year and 
nitrogen oxides by 940 tons per year and a project that will require 
Defendants to arrange for the transfer of land along the Mississippi 
River (valued at $500,000) to the State of Illinois for wetlands 
preservation and water quality protection purposes. The total cost of 
the environmental projects will exceed $10 million.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Shell Oil Company, Shell Wood River Refining Company, Equilon 
Enterprises LLC, and Wood River Refining Company, a Division of Equilon 
Enterprises LLC, Civil Action No. 98-652-GPM, and Department of Justice 
Reference No. 90-7-1-818.
    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, 
NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $10.50 (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. 98-26175 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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