[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81157-81158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27623]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree and Proposed First
Amendment to Another Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
On November 10, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. CITGO
Petroleum Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 16 C 10484. In a related
filing, on that same date, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
First Amendment to Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United
States, et al. v. CITGO Petroleum Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 4:04-
cv-3883.
Under the proposed Consent Decree lodged with the Northern District
of Illinois (``Lemont Refinery Consent Decree''), CITGO will install
low nitrogen oxide burners on three heaters at one of its refineries in
Lemont, Illinois (``Lemont Refinery''); comply with a stringent limit
for particulate matter emissions from the Lemont Refinery's fluid
catalytic cracking unit; develop and implement operation and
maintenance plans to improve operations and prevent violations at the
Lemont Refinery's sulfur recovery plant; implement a flare minimization
and flare efficiency program; implement an enhanced leak detection and
repair program; and use carbon canisters to control benzene emissions
from purged process fluids and samples. CITGO also will implement a
$650,000 fence line monitoring supplemental environmental project and a
$350,000 ``green lighting'' supplemental environmental project at the
local school district. As a mitigation project, CITGO will control a
benzene waste stream that it is not otherwise required to control at a
cost of approximately $1.14 million. CITGO will pay a civil penalty of
$1,955,000.
Under the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree lodged with
the Southern District of Texas (``First Amendment''), a consent decree
that the Southern District of Texas entered in 2005 (``2005 Consent
Decree'') that covered six refineries that CITGO then owned will be
amended to terminate all provisions therein related to the Lemont
Refinery. CITGO demonstrated to EPA that it had complied with the vast
majority of the 2005 Consent Decree provisions related to the Lemont
Refinery and CITGO agreed to have the remaining few, outstanding
provisions transferred to the new, stand-alone Lemont Refinery Consent
Decree filed in the Northern District of Illinois. Under the First
Amendment, CITGO will also pay a stipulated penalty of $323,500, split
equally between the United States and Illinois, for alleged violations
of the 2005 Consent Decree at the Lemont Refinery.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Lemont Refinery Consent Decree and
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the First Amendment to the 2005 Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. CITGO
Petroleum Corp. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07277/4. 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 Lemont Refinery Consent
Decree and the First Amendment may be examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the Lemont Refinery Consent
Decree and/or the First Amendment to the 2005 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.
For the Lemont Refinery Consent Decree, please enclose a check or
money order for $68.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the United States Treasury. For the First Amendment to the 2005 Consent
Decree, please enclose a check or money order for $2.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For
both, one check or money order in the amount of $70.00 can be enclosed.
Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-27623 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
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