[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8607]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on April 5, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Marathon Petroleum 
Company LP, et al., Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-11544-DML-MJH, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Michigan.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties from Marathon Petroleum Company LP and its wholly-owned 
subsidiary, Catlettsburg Refining, LLC (collectively ``MPC''), pursuant 
to Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) and 
7477; Sections 109 and 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) and 
9613(b); and Section 325(b)(3) of the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(3). The alleged violations 
occurred at six petroleum refineries that MPC owns and operates in the 
following locations: Robinson, Illinois; Catlettsburg, Kentucky; 
Garyville, Louisiana; Detroit, Michigan; Canton, Ohio; and Texas City, 
Texas. The alleged violations involve all twenty-two steam-assisted 
flares at these refineries.
    Under the Consent Decree, MPC is required to minimize flaring and 
to efficiently combust any gases that are flared. Under the flare 
minimization terms of the settlement, MPC will implement waste gas 
minimization plans at each refinery; analyze the root causes of flaring 
events in order to prevent them in the future; and, after several years 
of these efforts, comply with ``flaring caps,'' which limit the volume 
of gas that MPC can flare. Under the flare efficiency terms of the 
settlement, MPC will install numerous monitoring systems on the flares; 
integrate the data from the monitoring systems into automatic control 
logic for operation of the flares; comply with several operating limits 
that are designed to ensure 98% combustion efficiency; and agree to 
comply with 98% combustion efficiency at each flare. As a mitigation 
project, MPC will install controls on the sludge-handling facilities at 
its Detroit Refinery at an estimated cost of $2.2 million. MPC also 
will pay a civil penalty of $460,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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 v. Marathon Petroleum Company LP, et al., D. J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-09915.
    During the public comment period, 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 emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097; phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$ 49.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury or, if requesting by email or fax, forward a check in that 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-8607 Filed 4-10-12; 8:45 am]
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