[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5756]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Texas Petrochemicals 
Corporation, Civil Action H-00-3555, was lodged on December 11, 2001, 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Texas.
    In this action the United States sued Texas Petrochemicals 
Corporation pursuant to section 113 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 
U.S.C. 7413, for TPC's violations of the Standards of Performance for 
New Stationary Sources (``NSPS''), 40 CFR part 60, subparts A and Db, 
the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(``NESHAP''), 40 CFR part 63, subparts G and H; the National Emissions 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories, 40 CFR 
part 61, subpart M, relating to asbestos (``asbestos NESHAP''), and for 
violations of the Texas Air Quality Control Regulations, 30 TAC 
Secs. 115.10-149, at its chemical manufacturing facility in Houston, 
Texas. The Consent Decree provides for TPC's payment of a civil penalty 
to the United States in the amount of $113,750 dollars, and requires 
TPC to bring its facility into compliance with the Texas Air Quality 
Control Regulations, by installing control equipment consisting of 
internal floating roofs on Tanks 77, 78 and 79.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to Thomas L. 
Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, PO Box 7611, United States Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Texas 
Petrochemical Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-06816.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, 911 Travis Street, 
Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77208; and the Region VI Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, United States Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Catherine R. McCabe,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5756 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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