96-14980. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air Act  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 30097-30098]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-14980]
    
    
    
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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. versus Ultramar 
    Inc., Civil Action No. CV 96-3983-GHK (ASWx) (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 subpart Ka 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 Ultramar Inc.'s 
    (``Ultramar's'') Wilmington Refinery, which is located in Wilmington, 
    California, Los Angeles County, California. A petroleum storage tank at 
    this facility has a ``guidepole'' that passes through the roof of the 
    storage tank. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of a 
    ``drilled'' guidepole--a guidepole perforated by a series of holes 
    along the length of the pole--violates 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, Ultramar will 
    retrofit the tank with agreed upon emission control equipment. After 
    retrofitting the tank, the defendant is required to operate the 
    emissions control equipment specified by its consent decrees 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 United States v. Ultramar Inc., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002.
        The proposed Ultramar 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, or at the
    
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    Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthrone 
    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. In requesting a copy of the consent 
    decree in United States versus Ultramar Inc., please refer to that case 
    and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002 and enclose a check in the amount of $4.50 
    (25 cents per page reproduction costs). Your check should be payable to 
    the Consent Decree Library.
    Joel Gross,
    Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
    Resources Division.
    [FR Doc. 96-14980 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/13/1996
Department:
Justice Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-14980
Pages:
30097-30098 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-14980.pdf