[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32222]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 20, 
2001, a proposed Complaint and Consent Decree in United States v. 
Conoco Inc., Civil Action No. H-01-4430, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against Conoco Inc. (``Conoco'') 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), alleged violations at 
Conoco's 4 refineries in Colorado, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. 
Under the settlement, Conoco 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, Conoco will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 
million and spend $5.5 million on supplemental and beneficial 
environmental projects. The states of Colorado, Montana, Oklahoma and 
Louisiana will join in this settlement as a 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 Acting 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. Conoco Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07295/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Courthouse, 515 Rusk, 
Houston, Texas 77002, and at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
Texas 75202. 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 $36.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-32222 Filed 12-31-01; 8:45 am]
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