[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53479-53480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21079]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA'')

    On August 23, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Utah, Northern Division, in the lawsuit entitled United States and 
State of Utah v. Big West Oil, LLC, 1:13-cv-00121-BCW. The settlement 
relates to Big West Oil LLC's (``Big West Oil'') petroleum refinery 
located in North Salt Lake, Utah (the ``BWO Refinery'').
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the United States 
and the State of Utah under the Clean Air Act and claims of the State 
of Utah under the Utah Air Conservation Act related to the BWO 
Refinery. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Big West Oil will pay a 
civil penalty in the amount of $157,500 to the United States and 
$17,500 to the State of Utah. In addition, the Consent Decree imposes 
emission limits on several pollutants at multiple units, requires 
improved flaring efficiency, and enhanced controls for leak detection 
and repair and benzene-

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containing wastewater. The Consent Decree includes a supplemental 
environmental project requiring Big West Oil to install, at a cost of 
approximately $253,000, a laser detection system around the perimeter 
of the Hydrofluoric Acid (``HF'') Alkylation Unit that will provide 
earlier detection of much lower levels of HF.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States and State of Utah v. Big West Oil, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-07689. 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 e-mail.........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ-
                                     ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington,
                                     D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.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 or money order for $35.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-21079 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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