Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

[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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