[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30096-30097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14979]
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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. Mobil Oil
Corp., Civil Action No. CV 96-3981-RSWL (SHx) (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. Sec. 7413(b), for violations of
provisions of the Act and of the regulations for New Source Performance
Standards (``NSPS'') in subparts Ka and Kb of Part 60 of 40 CFR 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 Mobil's Torrance
Refinery, located in Los Angeles County, California. Petroleum storage
tanks at this facility 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, Mobil will retrofit a total
of 20 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
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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 Richard L. Beal,
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301
Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to
U.S. v. Mobil Oil Corp., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994.
The proposed Mobil 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; the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; and 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. Mobile Oil Corp., please refer to
that case and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994 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. 96-14979 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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