[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71847-71848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27151]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Of Consent Decree Under The Clean Air Act

    Consistent with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on November 29, 2004, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Global Companies, LLC. et al., Civil Action No. 04-CV-
12495-DPW, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Massachusetts.
    In this action, the United States sought a civil penalty for 
violations of Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7545, and its 
implementing

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regulations. The Consent Decree requires settling defendants Global 
Companies, L.L.C. and Global Petroleum Corp. to pay a $500,000 civil 
penalty and to perform a three-year ``Compliance Assurance Program'' to 
ensure future compliance with the requirements for importing and 
blending reformulated and conventional gasoline. The Department of 
Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication comments relating to the consent 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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Global 
Companies, LLC. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07738.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1 Courthouse Way, John 
Joseph Moakley Courthouse, Boston, MA 02210 (contact AUSA George B. 
Henderson), and at U.S. EPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 (contact Jocelyn L. 
Adair). During the public comment period, the consent decree also may 
be examined on the Department of Justice Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the consent decree also 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. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27151 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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