[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50446-50447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20141]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 14, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Ninth Amendment to the Consent Decree entered in United States v. BP 
Exploration and Oil Co., et al., (Civil No. 2:96 CV 095 RL) with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
    The proposed Ninth Amendment transfers the Consent Decree's 
obligations for BP Products North America Inc.'s (hereinafter ``BP 
Products''') petroleum refinery located in Texas City, Texas 
(hereinafter, the ``Texas City Refinery'') from BP Products to 
Blanchard Refining Company LLC (hereinafter ``Blanchard''), a wholly 
owned subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Company LP.
    The proposed Ninth Amendment also resolves alleged violations by BP 
Products at the Texas City Refinery of the Clean Air Act's Standards of 
Performance for New Stationary Sources: VOC Emissions for Petroleum 
Refinery Wastewater Systems, 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart QQQ and National 
Emissions Standard for Asbestos, 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M. The 
proposed Ninth Amendment requires Blanchard to perform injunctive 
relief to correct and to resolve these violations. BP Products will pay 
$950,000 in civil penalties.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Ninth Amendment to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. BP Exploration 
and Oil Co., et al., (Civil No. 2:96 CV 095 RL), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-
1-07109. All comments must be submitted no later

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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 proposed consent decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the proposed 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 or money order for $8.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-20141 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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