[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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