[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30529]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Amended Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that, on December 
17, 2008, a proposed Third Amendment Making Material Modifications to 
Consent Decree (``Third Consent Decree Amendment'') was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 
United States, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp., 
Case No. 05 C 5809 (N.D. Ill.). In December 2005, the court approved 
the original Consent Decree in the case, which governs compliance with 
certain Clean Air Act requirements at six of ExxonMobil's domestic 
petroleum refineries. Since 2005, the parties have agreed to two minor 
changes to the Consent Decree, in accordance with the provision of the 
Decree governing non-material modifications.
    The proposed Third Consent Decree Amendment would make several 
material changes to the Decree, including: (i) extending deadlines for 
completion of certain air pollution control projects; and (ii) imposing 
more stringent emission control requirements for two other projects and 
accelerating the schedule for completion of another project in order to 
compensate for emissions in the interim period during the deadline 
extensions.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Third Consent Decree Amendment 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, 
and mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States, et al. v. Exxon 
Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Case No. 05 C 5809 (N.D. Ill.) 
and D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07030.
    The Third Consent Decree Amendment may be examined at the offices 
of the United States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn Street--5th Floor, 
Chicago, Illinois. During the public comment period, the Third Consent 
Decree Amendment may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A 
copy of the Third Consent Decree Amendment may also be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 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 $10.00 
(40 pages at 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. E8-30529 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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