[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12855]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 11, 2001, a 
Consent Decree in United States, et al., v. Marathon Ashland Petroleum 
LLC, Civil Action No. 01-40119 was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
    In the Complaint the United States seeks injunctive relief and 
against Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (hereinafter, ``MAP''), pursuant 
to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) 
(1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. 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 MAP's seven refineries located in Robinson, Illinois; 
Garyville, Louisiana; Texas City, Texas; Catlettsburg, Kentucky; 
Detroit, Michigan; Canton, Ohio; and St. Paul Park, Minnesota.
    Under the settlement, MAP 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, MAP will pay a civil 
penalty of $3.8 million, and perform supplemental environmental 
projects totaling approximately $5.9 million. The States of Minnesota, 
Louisiana, and Ohio, and Wayne County, Michigan 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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al., v. Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-07247.
    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, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $50.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-12855 Filed 5-21-01; 8:45 am]
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