[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 107-108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32224]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 20, 2001 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Conoco, Inc. Civil Action No. 
01-2478, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado.
    The proposed consent resolves claims for civil penalties and 
permanent injunctive relief for violation of the National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (``NESHAP'') requirements of 
section 112 of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7412, and the implementing 
regulations pertaining to petroleum refineries found at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CC, at Conoco's petroleum refinery located at 5801 Brighton 
Blvd. in Commerce City, Co.
    Under the terms of the decree Conoco will pay a civil penalty of 
$38,775.20, and comply with all performance test and reporting 
requirements applicable

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to the flares. Conoco will also complete two supplemental environmental 
projects, at a cost of no less than $130,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field Office, 999 
18th Street, Suite 945NT, Denver, Co 80202, and should refer to United 
States v. Conoco, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07295.
    The Decree may be examined at the offices of the EPA Library, EPA 
Region VIII, located at 999 18th Street, First Floor, Denver, Colorado 
80202. A copy of the 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 of the Decree, please 
enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library for $8.50 for a 
complete copy of the decree (25 cents per page, reproduction cost).

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-32224 Filed 12-31-01; 8:45 am]
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