[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5129]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 28, 2007, a proposed 
Consent Decree between the United States, the Alabama Department of 
Environmental Management, the Mississippi Commission on Environmental 
Quality, Hunt Refining Company and Hunt Southland Refining Company 
(collectively ``Hunt'') was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the case of United States 
et al. v. Hunt Refining Company et al., Civil Action No. CV-07-P-1777-
W.
    In a complaint that was filed simultaneously with the Consent 
Decree, the United States sought a civil penalty and injunctive relief 
against Hunt for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq., and its implementing regulations, in connection with 
Hunt's petroleum refineries located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and 
Sandersville and Lumberton, Mississippi.
    The Consent Decree requires Hunt to implement pollution control 
technologies to significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides 
(``NO2'') and sulfur dioxide (``SO2'') from 
refinery process units, reduce the flaring of process upset gasses, 
improve leak detection and repair procedures, and improve the 
management of benzene wastewater streams. Hunt has estimated that this 
injunctive relief will cost the company approximately $48,500,000. Hunt 
will pay a civil penalty of $400,000, which the States of Alabama and 
Mississippi will share, and spend more than $475,000 on supplemental 
environmental projects to benefit the community and environment. Hunt 
has agred to upgrade controls to reduce volatile organic compound 
emissions from the wastewater systems at the Tuscaloosa refinery and 
will buy emergency preparedness equipment and train mutual aid 
responders in Choctaw County, Alabama; and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The 
States of Alabama and Mississippi will join in this settlement as 
signatories to the Consent Decree.
    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, 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, D.C. 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States et al. v. Hunt Refining Company et al., 
D.J. Ref.  90-5-2-1-08392.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (contact Marlene Tucker). During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree also may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $31.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
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.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5129 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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