[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9595-9596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3270]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 
RCRA, CERCLA, and EPCRA

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 18, 2001, 
a Consent Decree in United States v. BP

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Exploration & Co., et al., Civil Action No. 2:96 CV 095, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Indiana, Hammond Division.
    In the Second Amended Complaint the United States sought civil 
penalties and injunctive relief against BP Exploration & Co., Amoco Oil 
Company, and Atlantic Richfield Company (hereinafter, ``BP''), pursuant 
to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) 
(1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(b) (Supp. 1991), the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9603(a) and the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right to Know Act (``EPCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 11004(a) for alleged 
violations at BP's eight refineries located in Whiting, Indiana; 
Toledo, Ohio; Mandan, North Dakota; Salt Lake City, Utah; Texas City, 
Texas; Yorktown, Virginia; Cherry Point, Washington; and Carson, 
California.
    Under the settlement, BP will implement innovative pollution 
control technologies to greatly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides 
(``NOX'') and sulfur dioxide (``SO2'') from 
refinery process units and adopt facility-wide enhanced monitoring and 
fugitive emission control programs. In addition, BP will pay a civil 
penalty of $10 million. The States of Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and the 
Northwest Air Pollution Authority, will join in this settlement as 
signatories to the 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 Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. BP Exploration & Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07109.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1001 Main Street, Suite A, Dyer, Indiana 46311 and at 
U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $41.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,
Principal Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3270 Filed 2-07-01; 8:45 am]
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