[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46770-46771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19129]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Fourth Amendment to Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 31, 2012, a proposed Fourth 
Amendment to the Consent Decree entered in the case of United States, 
et al. v. Phillips 66 Company, et al., Civil Action No. H-05-0258, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Texas.
    Under the original Consent Decree, ConocoPhillips Company 
(``COPC'') agreed to implement innovative pollution control 
technologies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, 
and particulate matter from refinery process units at nine refineries 
owned and operated by COPC. COPC also agreed to adopt facility-wide 
enhanced benzene waste monitoring and fugitive emission control 
programs.
    Subsequently, the Court entered First, Second, and Third Amendments 
to the Consent Decree. In addition, in 2007, a new owner (WRB Refining) 
of two of the refineries (the Wood River and Borger Refineries) was 
added as a defendant. Finally, on June 1, 2012, Phillips 66 Company 
(``Phillips 66'') was substituted for COPC as a defendant because 
Phillips 66 acquired ownership and operation of seven refineries and 
acquired operation, but not ownership, of the Wood River and Borger 
Refineries.
    The proposed Fourth Amendment exclusively involves the refinery 
located in Trainer, Pennsylvania (``Trainer Refinery''). Under the 
proposed Fourth Amendment, an entity known as Monroe Energy, LLC 
(``Monroe Energy'') will assume all outstanding, uncompleted Consent 
Decree obligations at the Trainer Refinery because Phillips 66 sold the 
Trainer Refinery to Monroe Energy in June 2012. Simultaneously, 
Phillips 66 will be released from liability for all obligations at the 
Trainer Refinery.
    In the proposed Fourth Amendment, the United States is joined by 
Co-Plaintiff the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Fourth 
Amendment. 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. Phillips 66 Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
5-2-1-06722/1.
    During the public comment period, the Fourth Amendment may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Fourth 
Amendment 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

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requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library by mail, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (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. 2012-19129 Filed 8-3-12; 8:45 am]
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