[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9152]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Clean Air Act Action

    In accordance with the Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Modified Consent Decree in United States v. Sun 
Company, Inc., and Atlantic Refining and Marketing Corp., Civil Action 
No. 94-CV-3246, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 30, 2000. This Consent 
Decree resolves the United States' claims against defendants Sun 
Company, Inc. (now known as ``Sunoco, Inc.'') and Atlantic Refining & 
Marketing Corp. for alleged violations of a Consent Decree entered by 
the court in 1994, resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., occurring at defendants' South Philadelphia 
refinery. The Modified Consent Decree requires the defendants to pay a 
stipulated penalty of $460,000 and to comply with the terms of the 
Modified Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Modified Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Sun Company, Inc., and 
Atlantic Refining and Marketing Corp., DOJ #90-5-2-1-1744A.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 12th Floor, 19106 and at EPA Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the United States 
Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben 
Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044. When requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-
five cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the amount of $8.75, and please reference to United States 
v. Sun Company, Inc., and Atlantic Refining and Marketing Corp., DOJ 
#90-5-2-1-1744A.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-9152 Filed 4-12-00; 8:45 am]
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