[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14629-14630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6673]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Second Modification to Consent Decree Under 
Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 19, 2010, a 
Second Modification (``Second Modification'') to the November 2005 
First Revised Consent Decree (``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 Second Modification, MPC must continue to comply with the 
First Revised Consent Decree, but, in addition, MPC will pay a civil 
penalty of $408,000 and perform two Supplemental Environmental Projects 
valued at approximately $963,000 at its Canton and Catlettsburg 
Refineries in settlement of claims that MPC violated the Benzene Waste 
Operations NESHAP (``BWON''), 40 CFR part 61, subpart FF, and the BWON 
provisions of the November 2005 First Revised Consent Decree at those 
two refineries. In addition, MPC will pay a stipulated penalty of 
$3,933 to resolve claims involving flaring incidents at the Canton, 
Catlettsburg, Detroit, and Robinson Refineries. Finally, the Second 
Modification amends two Appendices to the First Revised Consent Decree 
to reflect a 2008 regulatory change that EPA made to the New

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Source Performance Standards for Petroleum Refineries.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Second 
Modification. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed 
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 Second 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 Second 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 Second 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 $3.75 (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.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-6673 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am]
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