[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23406]
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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.
Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun Co., Inc., (R&M),
Civil Action No. 94-5482, was lodged on September 7, 1994, with the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The consent decree addresses alleged violations of Sections 301 and 402
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311 and 1342, which occurred
at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania oil refinery owned by Atlantic
Marketing and operated by Sun Co., Inc., R&M. Both entities are
subsidiaries of Sun Company, Inc. Specifically, the defendants
allegedly violated several parameters of the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit for the Philadelphia
refinery. The parameters allegedly violated include those for total
suspended solids, oil and grease, total chromium, hexavelant chromium,
biochemical oxygen demand, phenolics, ammonia (as nitrogen), zinc, and
pH. Allegedly, the violations included eleven bypasses of untreated
water to the Schuylkill River.
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. Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun
Co., Inc., (R&M), DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1 5056.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19107; 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 $8.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-23406 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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