[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29031]
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[Federal Register: November 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Extension of Time for Public Comment Regarding Lodged
Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
was given on September 22, 1994 at 59 Fed. Reg. 48640, that a proposed
consent decree was lodged in United States v. Atlantic Refining and
Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun Co., Inc., (R&M), with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent
decree addresses alleged violations of Sections 301 and 402 of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311 and 1342, which occurred at the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania oil refinery owned by Atlantic Marketing and
operated by Sun Co., Inc., R&M. Both entities are subsidiaries of Sun
Company, Inc. Specifically, the defendants allegedly violated several
parameters of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(``NPDES'') permit for the Philadelphia refinery. The parameters
allegedly violated include those for total suspended solids, oil and
grease, total chromium, hexavelant chromium, biochemical oxygen demand,
phenolics, ammonia (as nitrogen), zinc, and pH. The violations included
eleven bypasses of untreated water to the Schuylkill River.
At the request of citizens who live in the vicinity of the
refinery, the Department of Justice is extending the time for public
comment relating to the proposed consent decree through December 8,
1994. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-5056.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29031 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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