[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 79020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31727]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Consent Decree Modification Under the Clean 
Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 13, 2010, four proposed 
Consent Decree amendments in United States, et al. v. Motiva 
Enterprises LLC, et al., Civil Action No. H-01-0978, were lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    The original settlement, entered on August 20, 2001, was for civil 
penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean 
Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) covering nine petroleum refineries 
located in California, Delaware, Louisiana, Texas and Washington. These 
refineries were owned and operated by Motiva Enterprises LLC 
(``Motiva''), Equilon Enterprises LLC (``Equilon'') and Deer Park 
Refining Limited Partnership (``Deer Park''), which were subsidiaries 
or joint ventures of Shell Oil Company (``Shell''). The 2001 settlement 
was therefore embodied in four interlocking Consent Decrees covering 
each of the Shell companies that owned and operated the nine 
refineries. The four Consent Decree amendments lodged on December 13, 
2010, would each make certain technical and administrative revisions, 
would reflect a transfer in ownership of one of the facilities covered 
by the settlement, and would make certain other minor modifications to 
each of the four interlocking Consent Decrees.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree amendments for a period of thirty (30) days 
from the date of this publication. The proposed amendments may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District 
of Texas, U.S. Courthouse, 515 Rusk, Houston, Texas 77002, and at EPA 
Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. 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 the matter as 
United States, et al. v. Motiva Enterprises LLC, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-07209.
    During the public comment period, the proposed amendments may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. Copies of the proposed 
amendments 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 from the Consent Decree Library a 
copy of the consent decree amendments for United States et al. v. 
Motiva Enterprises LLC, et al., Civil Action No. H-01-0978 (S.D. Tex.), 
please enclose a check in the amount of $17.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-31727 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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