[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05113]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On February 28, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Indiana in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC, Civil Action No. 13-cv-00030-
RLY-WGH.
    In the Complaint, the United States and the State of Indiana allege 
that Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC (``CountryMark'') 
violated, at its petroleum refinery in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, various 
provisions of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; Ind. Code 13-
13-5-1 and 13-13-5-2; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) and 9613(b); and the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 
11045(b)(3).
    Under the consent decree, CountryMark will implement innovative 
pollution control technologies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, 
sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter from refinery process units. 
CountryMark also agreed to limit the waste gases it sends to its flare 
through a ``cap'' on flaring. For waste gases that are flared, 
CountryMark will operate numerous monitoring systems and comply with 
several operating parameters to ensure that the flare adequately 
combusts the gases. In addition, CountryMark will adopt facility-wide 
enhanced benzene waste monitoring and fugitive emission control 
programs. Finally, CountryMark will pay a civil penalty of $167,000 to 
the United States and implement a $70,000 Supplemental Environmental 
Project to retrofit diesel school buses in the vicinity of the 
facility. CountryMark already funded a $111,000 State of Indiana 
project to remove asbestos from a grain elevator in Mt. Vernon, 
Indiana.
    The publication of this notice opens a period of public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. Countrymark Refining and 
Logistics, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09311. All comments must be 
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of 
this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ-
                                     ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
                                     20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check in the amount of $59.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-05113 Filed 3-5-13; 8:45 am]
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