[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25336]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on September 8, 1999, a consent decree was lodged in
United States v. Colorado Refining Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum,
Inc., Civil Action No. 99-N-1759, with the United States District Court
for the District of Colorado.
This consent decree resolves claims against Colorado Refining
Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum, Inc., brought in connection with the
CFC petroleum refinery in Commerce City, Colorado pursuant to section
113(b) of the Clear Air Act, as amended, (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b),
and Sections 3008(a), (g) and (h) of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a), (g) and (h).
The consent decree resolves alleged violations of monitoring, sampling,
and reporting requirements of a 1989 RCRA Administrative Consent Order
and alleged violations of emission control requirements and monitoring,
testing and reporting requirements of the CAA. The consent decree
requires CRC and TPI to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million and to
perform comprehensive injunctive relief, including the installation of
new emissions control technology, additional emissions monitoring and
reporting, and additional soil and sediment testing and reporting.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Colorado Refining Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum, Inc., DOJ
Ref. No. 90-7-1-894. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the
office of the United States Attorney, District of Colorado, 1961 Stout
Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado or the offices of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 Eighteen Street,
Suite 500, Denver, Colorado. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library,
PO Box 7611, Washington, DC. 20044. When requesting a copy by mail,
please enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (twenty-five cents per
page reproduction costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25336 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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