[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26241]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
October 7, 2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States, et al. v. 
National Cooperative Refinery Association, Civil Action No. 03-1348-JTM 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Kansas.
    This Consent Decree resolved claims by the United States on behalf 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Kansas on 
behalf of the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment for 
injunctive relief and civil penalties pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 
against the National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA) arising 
out of their operation of the McPherson, Kansas petroleum refinery. The 
Consent Decree requires NCRA to pay a civil penalty of $350,000, to 
implement technologies and programs valued at more than $339 million to 
reduce sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter 
emissions and perform a supplemental environmental project valued at 
$1.5 million to remove chloride pollutants from groundwater at the 
faculty.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment an Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. National Cooperative Refinery Association, 
Civil Action No. 03-1348-JTM (D.Kan.), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-06025/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Kansas, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. Main St., 
Wichita, Kansas 67202 and at the Region 7 offices of the US EPA at 901 
North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Consent 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 number (202) 
514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $24.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-26241 Filed 10-16-03; 8:45 am]
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