[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3735-3736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1837]


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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. Notice of 
this proposed settlement was first published in the Federal Register on 
January 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 1, page 107), opening a public 
comment period for thirty (30) days on the Consent Decree and 
instructing that comments be sent by regular first class mail to the 
U.S. Department of Justice. As a result of the discovery of anthrax 
contamination at the District of Columbia mail processing center in 
mid-October, 2001, the delivery of regular first-class mail sent 
through the U.S. Postal Service has been disrupted. Consequently, 
public comments which were addressed to the Department of Justice in 
Washington, DC and sent by regular, first-class mail through the U.S. 
Postal Service are not expected to be received in a timely manner. This 
notice is to provide revised instructions for the submission of 
comments, to extend the public comment period, and to request that 
persons resubmit comments on this settlement that were previously 
addressed to the Washington, DC post office box.
    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, Koch 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 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. Persons who have already submitted comments pursuant to the 
January 2, 2002 notice

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are requested to resubmit their comments in accordance with these 
revised instructions. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, and sent: (1) c/o Gordon M. Speights Young, 
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, PO Box 
61129, Houston, TX 77208; and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-0296; 
and/or (3) by overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal 
Service, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York 
Avenue, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication should 
refer on its face 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 proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained 
by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation no. (202) 
514-1547. There is a charge for the copy (25 cent per page reproduction 
cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a check payable to the 
``U.S. Treasury'', in the amount of $36.50, to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The 
check should refer to United States v. Conoco Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07295/1.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1837 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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