[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27276-27277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12978]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.
Somerset Refinery Inc., Civil Action No. 93-186, was lodged on April
28, 1997 with the United States Court for the Eastern District of
Kentucky. The second amended complaint was brought pursuant to Sections
3005, 3008, and 9006 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 6925, 6928 and 6991e against Somerset Refinery,
Inc. and Somerset Oil, Inc. (Somerset). The second amended complaint
sought civil penalties and injunctive relief. Somerset owns and
operates a small petroleum refinery located in Somerset, Kentucky. The
second amended complaint alleged numerous RCRA violations based on the
unpermitted treatment, storage, and disposal of various hazardous
wastes at Somerset's refining facility. Most of these violations relate
to the facility's petroleum wastewater treatment system. In addition,
Somerset owns and operates approximately 250 underground storage tanks
for gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products at service stations
throughout eastern Kentucky. The second amended complaint alleged
numerous violations of the RCRA petroleum underground storage tank
(UST) regulations, 40 CFR part 280.
Under the terms of the consent decree, Somerset will be required to
perform corrective action pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA, 42
U.S.C. Sec. 6928(h), at the Somerset refinery, which EPA has estimated
will cost in excess of $4 million. Somerset will also pay a civil
penalty in the amount of $200,000 and will perform a Supplemental
Environmental Project involving remediation of abandoned USTs in
eastern Kentucky.
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. Somerset Refinery, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-714.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 110 West Vine
Street, Suite 400, Lexington, Kentucky 40507; the Region 4 Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, S.W., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303; 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 $6.25 (25 cents
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per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12978 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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