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Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act

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[Federal Register: January 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 17)]
[Notices]
[Page 4630]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr25ja08-124]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act,
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on
January 15, 2008, a proposed consent decree in United States v.
Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co., et al., Case No. 08cv020-D, was lodged
with the United States Court for the District of Wyoming. The proposed
consent decree would resolve the United States' claims against Sinclair
Wyoming. Refining Company, Sinclair Casper Refining Company, and
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company (collectively the ``Sinclair
Refineries'') brought pursuant to Section 113(b) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C.
7413(b); Section 103(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9603(a); and Section 304 of
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C.
11004. Under the terms of the consent decree, the Sinclair Refineries
will pay civil penalties totaling $2,450,000 to the United States and
the states of Oklahoma and Wyoming, undertake supplemental
environmental projects valued at $150,000, and complete extensive
injunctive relief.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and may be
submitted electronic mail to the following address: 
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov. Comments should refer to United States
v. Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co., et al., Case No. 08cv020-D, and
Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-2-1-07793.
    The consent decree may be examined on the following Department of
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A
copy of the consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $36.50
($.25 per page) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 08-265 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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