[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43452-43453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14893]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Public Comment Period for Proposed Consent Decree 
Amendment Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed amendment 
to the consent decree in United States, et al. v. BP Exploration & Oil 
Co., et al., Civil No. 2:96 CV 095 RL, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on July 14, 
2005.
    The original settlement was for civil penalties and injunctive 
relief pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 
U.S.C. 7413(b) (1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (Supp. 1991), 
covering seven refineries, and was entered by the Court on August 29, 
2001, as part of EPA's Petroleum Refinery Initiative. Since entry, BP 
has sold three of its refineries. The proposed Amendment modifies the 
consent decree to set final emissions limits for NOX and 
SO2 at the fluid catalytic cracking units at the BP 
refineries and adds several other changes to update the consent decree 
to conform to provisions that have been negotiated with refiners since 
the entry of the BP decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Fourth 
Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to: United States v. BP Exploration & Oil Co., D.J. Ref. 
90-5-2-1-07109/3.
    The proposed Addendum may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, U.S. District Court, 
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Federal Plaza, Hammond, Indiana 46320, and at U.S. EPA Headquarters, 
Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, Washington, DC. During the public comment period the Fourth 
Amendment to the Consent Decrees may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Amendment 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 
([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.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14893 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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