[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14977]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air
Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a consent decree was lodged in U.S. v. Union Oil
Company of California, Civil Action No. CV 96-3980-WMB (RMCx) (C.D.
Cal.), on June 5, 1996, with the United States District Court for the
Central District of California. The case is a civil action under
Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for
violations of provisions of the Act and of the regulations for New
Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') in suparts Ka and Kb of Part 60
of 40 C.F.R. that require all openings in the roofs of petroleum
storage tanks that are subject to the regulations to be sealed or
covered.
The violations of the NSPS regulations involved Union Oil Company
of California's (Unocal's) Los Angeles Refinery, located in Los Angeles
County, California, and Unocal's Santa Maria Refinery, located in the
San Luis Obispo County, California. Petroleum storage tanks at these
facilities have ``guidepoles'' that pass through the roofs of the
storage tanks. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of
``slotted'' guidepoles--guidepoles perforated by a series of slots
along the length of the pole--violate NSPS that require all openings in
the roofs of petroleum storage tanks to be sealed or covered. The
complaint seeks injunctive relief to ensure future compliance with the
NSPS regulations. Under the consent decree, Unocal will retrofit a
total of 7 tanks with agreed upon emission control equipment. After
retrofitting the specified tanks, the defendant is required to operate
the emissions control equipment specified by its consent decree in
compliance with the Clean Air Act and its consent decree.
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 copied to Robert R.
Klotz, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
301 Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer
to U.S. v. Union Oil Company of California, DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2017.
The proposed Unocal consent decree may be examined at the office of
the United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1100 United
States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California
90012; at the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; 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. To request a copy of
the consent decree in United States v. Union Oil Company of California,
please refer to that case and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2017 and enclose a check
in the amount of $4.25. Your check should be payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14977 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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