[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20640-20641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8665]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 24, 2004, a proposed consent 
Decree in United States v. Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P., Civil 
Action No. 99-1171 (SEC), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims on 
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for 
injunctive relief under the Clean Water Act and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), subtitles C and I, against 
Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P. (``CPR''). Pursuant to the Consent 
Decree, CPR is required to comply with all terms and provisions, 
including the effluent limitations, of its NPDES Permit, comply with 
all CFR part 265, subparts G, H and K post closure care requirements 
for its Equalization Basin, including conducting groundwater monitoring 
or remediation pursuant to any EPA-approved groundwater plan, and 
comply with applicable requirements of Subtitle I of RCRA relating to 
underground storage tanks, including the federally enforceable Puerto 
Rico regulations provided at 40 CFR 282.102, that are applicable to all 
underground storage tanks located at the CPR Facility. In a prior, now 
final, settlement stipulation entered in CPR's bankruptcy proceeding, 
CPR agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 million over six years.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P., Civil Action No. 99-1171 
(SEC), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4058.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
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States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Office Building, Rm. 
101, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, and at the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, 
New York, New York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the 
proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the proposed Consent Decree may 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. If requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree, please so note and enclose a check in the 
amount of $6.00 (25 cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-8665 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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