[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3408-3409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-303]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Amendment To Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 11, 2007, 
a First Amendment to the Consent Decree entered in the case of United 
States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, Civil Action No. H-05-0258, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas.
    Under the original Consent Decree, the ConocoPhillips Company 
(``COPC'') agreed to implement innovative pollution control 
technologies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, 
and particulate matter from refinery process units at nine refineries 
owned and operated by COPC. COPC also agreed to adopt facility-wide 
enhanced benzene waste monitoring and fugitive emission control 
programs. COPC still is so obligated, but under the First Amendment, 
COPC will install additional pollution control technology, including, 
in one instance, a new electrostatic precipitator, in consideration for 
deadline extensions. In addition, COPC will be entitled to numerous 
deadline extensions at COPC's refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 
because of damage that refinery suffered from Hurricane Katrina. In the 
First Amendment, the United States is joined by the State of Illinois, 
the State of Louisiana, the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, and the Northwest Clean Air Agency in the State of 
Washington.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First 
Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General,

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-
1-06722/1.
    The First Amendment may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 919 Milam St., Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77208, and 
at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. 
During the public comment period, the First Amendment may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Amendment 
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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#24504b4a4d450a4248414150534b4b40645157404b4e0a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9ddc6c7c0c887cfc5ccccdddec6c6cde9dcdacdc6c387cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>), fax number (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 $14.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-303 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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