[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62257-62258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29491]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.
Colorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. 95-WY-2608 (D. Colo.), was
lodged on October 13, 1995, with the United States District Court for
the District of Colorado.
The settlement concerns the petroleum refinery owned and operated
by Colorado Refining Company (``CRC'') in Commerce City, Colorado.
CRC's refinery is subject to a Clean Air Act ``Prevention of
Significant Deterioration'' or ``PSD'' permit which limits sulfur
dioxide emissions from a ``Claus Plant,'' and also requires CRC to
maintain a continuous emission monitoring (``CEM'') system to measure
SO2 emissions from the Claus Plant. The settlement resolves civil
claims that CRC violated the permit limit on sulfur dioxide emissions
from the Claus Plant numerous times between July 1990 and March, 1994,
and that CRC failed to operate at all times a continuous emissions
monitoring (``CEM'') device to measure SO2 in the gases discharged
to the atmosphere.
The settlement includes a civil penalty of $320,000. In addition,
CRC is required to obtain a report from a nationally recognized expert
in the field of sulfur recovery technology regarding modifications and/
or upgrades of the existing Claus Plant to make it effectively operate
given the existing and anticipated sulfur ``flowthrough'' at the
refinery, and, subject to EPA's approval, implement the recommendations
of such expert report.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Colorado Refining Company, Civil Action No. 95-WY-2608
(D. Colo.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1356A. The proposed consent decree may
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 1961 Stout
Street, Suite 1200, Federal Building, Denver, Colorado 80294; the
Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th
Street, Suite 700 South, Denver, Colorado 80202; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75
(25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental
Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-29491 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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