[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 81 (Thursday, April 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8474]


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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 April 8, 2005, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Mobil Exploration and 
Producing U.S. Inc., Case No. 2:05-CV-319, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Utah.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties under Section 113 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') 
against Mobile at its McElmo Creek Unit near Aneth, Utah, for operating 
equipment that emits pollutants without permit authorization, emitting 
sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compound emissions in excess of its 
permit limits, failing to properly operate a thermocouple to monitor 
the pilot light on its flare, failing to comply with leak detection and 
repair requirements, and failing to provide notice to EPA of a 
demolition of a structure containing asbestos. The consent decree 
requires Mobil to: (1) Install a new flare and implement measures to 
minimize flaring incidents, (2) implement a supplemental environmental 
project to provide diagnostic medical equipment to the Utah Navajo 
Health Systems, Inc., which serves local residents, and (3) pay a civil 
penalty of $350,000.
    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 with a copy to Robert 
Mullaney, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States v. Mobil 
Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2237.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, and at U.S. EPA Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. During the public comment 
period, the 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 consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood (tonia. [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 $34.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-8474 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]
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