[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 105 (Friday, June 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2701]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 17, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Kerr-McGee Corporation, Civil Action No. 07-
CV-01034-WDM-MJW as lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Colorado.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims by the United States against 
Kerr-McGee Corporation (``Kerr-McGee'') under section 113 of the Clean 
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413 at Kerr-McGee's Cottonwood Wash, Ouray, and 
Bridge compressor stations located on tribal lands in the Uinta Basin 
and in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Weld County, Colorado. The Consent 
Decree will require Kerr-McGeee to install low emission dehydrators, 
enclose flares on certain condensate storage tanks and replace 
pneumatic controllers with ``low bleed'' components and also install 
either catalytic controls on large engines or replace old engines with 
newer, lower emitting units. The decree establishes federally 
enforceable limits on the compressor stations to restrict the sources' 
potential to emit, keeping it below the Clean Air Act's major source 
threshold until EPA finalizes a Synthetic Minor Source Permitting 
Program in Indian Country. The decree also requires Kerr-McGee to pay a 
civil penalty of $150,000 to the United States and $50,000 to the State 
of Colorado and perform supplemental environmental projects valued at 
$250,000.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Kerr-McGee Corporation, D.J. Ref 90-5-2-1-08656.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1225 Seventeenth Street, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 
80202, and at U.S. EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202. 
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/Consent_Decrees.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 confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the entire Consent 
Decree with exhibits from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $44.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. In 
requesting a copy of the decree exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $20.50 (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. 07-2701 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M