[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 4630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-265]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
January 15, 2008, a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co., et al., Case No. 08cv020-D, was lodged 
with the United States Court for the District of Wyoming. The proposed 
consent decree would resolve the United States' claims against Sinclair 
Wyoming. Refining Company, Sinclair Casper Refining Company, and 
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company (collectively the ``Sinclair 
Refineries'') brought pursuant to Section 113(b) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b); Section 103(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9603(a); and Section 304 of 
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 
11004. Under the terms of the consent decree, the Sinclair Refineries 
will pay civil penalties totaling $2,450,000 to the United States and 
the states of Oklahoma and Wyoming, undertake supplemental 
environmental projects valued at $150,000, and complete extensive 
injunctive relief.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. 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 may be 
submitted electronic mail to the following address: [email protected]. Comments should refer to United States v. Sinclair 
Wyoming Refining Co., et al., Case No. 08cv020-D, and Department of 
Justice Reference No. 90-5-2-1-07793.
    The consent decree 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 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 from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $36.50 
($.25 per page) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 08-265 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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