[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18867-18868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08873]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 25, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Maine, in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Global Partners, LP, 
Global Companies LLC, and Chelsea Sandwich LLP, Civil Action No. 19-cv-
00122.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under Section 113(a)(1) of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a)(1), and the Maine state implementation 
plan. The United States' complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive 
relief arising from alleged excess emissions of volatile organic 
compounds (VOC) at the defendants' petroleum storage facility in South 
Portland, Maine.
    The consent decree requires the defendants to pay a civil penalty 
of $40,000, plus interest accruing from the date of lodging to the 
payment date; to perform a supplemental environmental project involving 
the replacement of old wood stoves with cleaner units, with a minimum 
expenditure of $150,000; and to perform certain measures at the 
facility to address past VOC emissions and to limit future VOC 
emissions.
    On April 1, 2019, the Department of Justice published a notice in 
the Federal Register opening a period of public comment on the consent 
decree for a period of thirty (30) days, through May 1, 2019. By this 
notice, the Department of Justice is extending the public comment 
period through July 1, 2019. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Global Partners LP, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11428. All comments must be submitted no later than 
July 1, 2019. 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 Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment

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to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, 
DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-08873 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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