[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 8365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2639]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Modification To Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 7, 2008, 
a First Modification (``First Modification'') to the November 2005 
First Revised Consent Decree in the case of United States, et al. v. 
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Civil Action No. 01-40119 (PVG), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Michigan.
    Under the November 2005 First Revised Consent Decree, Marathon 
Ashland Petroleum (``MAP'') (presently known as Marathon Petroleum 
Company) agreed to continue to implement pollution control provisions 
originally found in a Consent Decree entered in August of 2001, but the 
parties replaced some of the original control technologies that proved 
ineffective or potentially unsafe with alternative, proven 
technologies. The parties also extended some compliance deadlines while 
accelerating others, incorporated some new final emissions limits, and 
modified some provisions relating to reporting, recordkeeping, 
modification, and termination. MAP still is obligated to comply with 
the November 2005 First Revised Consent Decree, but under the First 
Modification, the parties eliminate provisions related to Plantwide 
Applicability Limits (``PALs'') (which were unique to the Marathon 
decree) and add provisions (which are found in other refinery consent 
decrees) relating to prohibitions on emissions credit generation. In 
addition, the First Modification extends and accelerates certain 
deadlines with the net effect of achieving greater emissions 
reductions. In the First Modification, the United States is joined by 
the State of Louisiana and the State of Minnesota.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First 
Modification. 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, et al. v. Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-2-1-07247.
    The First Modification may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 211 W. Fort St., Suite 2300, Detroit, Michigan 48226, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson St., Chicago, IL 60604. During 
the public comment period, the First Modification may also be examined 
on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Modification 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 
number (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 $5.75 (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 Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-2639 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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