[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 29749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12549]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On May 19, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio Western Division in the lawsuit entitled United States
v. Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Company LP,
Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-00994.
The Consent Decree resolves claims for civil penalties and
injunctive relief arising from alleged violations of the CAA, Sections
211(a), (f) and (k), 42 U.S.C. 7545(a), (f) and (k), and the fuel
regulations published at 40 CFR parts 79 and 80, for potential
violations of the fuel emission standards, volatile organic compound
emissions reduction standards, and sulfur emissions reduction standards
for certain batches of gasoline produced or blended at Marathon's Texas
City and Catlettsburg refineries and its Viney Branch, Louisville-
Kramer Lane, Jacksonville, Lexington, Charlotte, and Tampa Terminals.
The Consent Decree also addresses alleged sampling, testing, reporting,
and recordkeeping violations at various Marathon facilities. In
exchange for a resolution of the foregoing allegations, Marathon will
pay a civil penalty of $2.9 million, retire 5.5 billion sulfur credits,
and install geodesic domes, fixed roofs, or secondary seals and deck
fittings on 14 fuel storage tanks at several of its fuel distribution
terminals that are primarily located in environmental justice areas.
Marathon estimates that these projects will reduce volatile organic
compound emissions, including toxics, by 36.8 tons per year. The total
value of the proposed settlement is estimated to be about $5.71
million.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the ____. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer
to United States v. Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Marathon
Petroleum Company LP, D.J. Ref. No., 90-5-2-1-11030. All comments must
be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date
of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $11.50 (with exhibits)
payable to the United States Treasury.
Bob Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-12549 Filed 5-21-15; 8:45 am]
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