[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30243-30244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13526]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On June 20, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged for public
comment a proposed Seventh Amendment to a 2008 Consent Decree under the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq. with Sinclair Wyoming Refining
Company (SWRC or Refinery), located in Sinclair, Wyoming. Plaintiff
United States and Plaintiff-Intervenor State of Wyoming allege that
SWRC violated New Source Performance Standards emission limits for
H2S, and in some instances SO2, in 40 CFR part
60, subparts J and Ja at its North and South Flares and at its three
Tail Gas Treatment Units, which were subject to the 2008 Consent
Decree. Plaintiffs further allege that SWRC failed to properly operate
its monitoring devices at those units.
In the proposed Seventh Amendment, SWRC accepts the applicability
of emissions standards put into place after 2008; agrees to maintain
adequate capacity to control routine gases in the Flare Gas Recovery
System (installed under the 2008 Consent Decree and subsequent
amendments); agrees to improve its operation and maintenance of its
continuous emissions monitoring systems; and agrees to pay a civil
penalty of $1.6 million. It also agrees to enhanced stipulated
penalties. The State of Wyoming joins the United States as a co-
plaintiff in this matter.
The publication of this notice opens a period for 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. Holly Refining and Marketing-
Tulsa, LLC, et al., DOJ # 90-5-2-1-07793/1. All comments must be
submitted no later than 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 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 to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $ 7.55 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
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States Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits, the cost is $
3.00.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-13526 Filed 6-25-19; 8:45 am]
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