[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51643-51644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24125]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On October 31, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and the 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Exxon Mobil Corp. and 
ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Civil Action No. 4:17-cv-03302.
    The United States and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 
filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act and Louisiana Environmental 
Quality Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties 
based on violations of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review 
requirements, New Source Performance Standards, National Emissions 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, ``Title V'' program 
requirements and operating permits, and related Texas and Louisiana 
state implementation plan requirements. The alleged violations involve 
flares used at petrochemical manufacturing plants owned and operated by 
the defendants, Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp., in Baytown 
and Beaumont, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The consent decree 
requires the defendants to perform injunctive relief, pay a $2,500,000 
civil penalty, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project in Baytown, 
Texas, and two Beneficial Environmental Projects in Louisiana.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and the Louisiana Department of 
Environmental Quality v. Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10128. All comments must be submitted no later 
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice.

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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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $36.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $23.50.

Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-24125 Filed 11-6-17; 8:45 am]
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