[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50554-50555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21391]


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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 August 11, 2003, 
a proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Glencore AG, 
Civil Action No. 3:03CV1381 (JBA) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Connecticut.
    In this action the United States seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief to address Glencore's alleged violations of the Clean 
Air Act and its implementing regulations in 40 CFR part 80 with respect 
to Glencore's importation, refining, distribution and sale of 
reformulated and conventional motor gasoline within the United States. 
The alleged violations include exceedances of the regulatory limits for 
Reid vapor pressure and exhaust benzene levels for certain batches of 
gasoline, three reporting or record keeping violations, and a tank 
sampling violation. To resolve these alleged violations, the Decree 
requires Glencore to pay a civil penalty of $450,000 to the United 
States and complete a three-year ``Compliance Assurance Program'' as 
specified in the Decree to ensure Glencore's future compliance with the 
Clean Air Act's programs and regulations concerning reformulated and 
conventional motor gasoline. The Compliance Assurance Program requires 
Glencore to retain an auditor or consultant to perform certain detailed 
periodic reviews and verification procedures with respect to Glencore's 
records, reports and laboratory data concerning its compliance with 
applicable fuel regulations.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Glencore AG, Civil Action No. 3:03CV1381 (JBA) (D. 
Conn.), D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2169.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney,

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Connecticut Financial Center, 157 Church Street, 23rd Floor, New Haven, 
CT 06508, and at U.S. EPA Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, 
Boston MA 02114-2023. During the public comment period, the Decree may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21391 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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