[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 51599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20033]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy; 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed amendment to the consent decree in United 
States v. Quaker State Corporation, Civil Action No. 93-0196W, was 
lodged with the United States Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia on July 18, 2002.
    After entry of the decree, Quaker State merged with Pennzoil 
Corporation to form Pennzoil-Quaker State, the successor to Quaker 
State. In implementing work required by the original decree in 
settlement of claims under the Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), Pennzoil-Quaker State failed to install control measures 
required by the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') to prevent or reduce fugitive 
emissions. It has now agreed to implement the necessary safeguards. The 
proposed amendment specifies the work to be implemented and the 
schedule for doing do, and provides for a penalty of $23,250, to be 
split between the United States and the West Virginia DEP.
    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 the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. Each communication should 
refer on its face to United States v. Quaker State, DOJ #90-5-2-1-
1873A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1100 
Main Street, Suite 200, Wheeling, WV 26003; and the Region III Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by 
faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, fax number (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation (202) 
514-1547. In requesting a copy, please forward the request and a check 
in the amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury, referencing the DOJ Consent Decree Library, United 
States v. Quaker State, DOJ #90-5-2-1-1873A, to the first-class mail 
address listed above.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-20033 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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