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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14465-14466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7286]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 15, 
1999, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. BP Exploration & 
Oil Inc. Civil Action No. 3:97CV7790, was lodged with the United Stated 
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division.
    In this action, the United States south penalties and injunctive 
relief against BP Exploration & Oil Inc. (``BP'') for claims arising in 
connection with BP's refinery in Toledo, Ohio, under the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.. Under the Consent Decree, PB will monitor, report on, and 
undertake corrective actions to remedy process operations that lead to 
the flaring of refinery gases that are high in hydrogen sulfide. BP 
also will develop a training program for its Toledo refinery employees 
designed to assist in minimizing sulfur dioxide emissions from flaring 
and process operations. Similarly, BP will undertake a study to 
optimize the performance of its existing sulfur recover unit. BP will 
pay a civil penalty of $1,400,000 and will spend $350,000 on two 
Supplemental Environmental Projects. In one project, BP will spend 
$150,000 to fund an emergency response telephone notification system 
for Lucas County. In another project, BP will spend $200,000 to fund 
and upgraded radio and paging system for the Oregon, Ohio, fire 
department, the fire department that serves BP's Toledo refinery.
    The Department of Justice will receive for period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
to the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to the United States 
v. BP Exploration & Oil Inc. D.J. Ref.No 90-5-2-1-1916.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Four Seagate, Suite 308, Toledo, Ohio, 43604-2624, at 
the Region 5 Office of the United States

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Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 
60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy of the Consent Decree may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 2005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the above-referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $39.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7286 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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