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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40788-40789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17637]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On August 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States and Illinois 
v. WRB Refining LP, et al., Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-01484.
    In the complaint filed contemporaneously with the proposed consent 
decree, the United States and Illinois alleged that defendants WRB 
Refining LP and Phillips 66 Company (``WRB/P66'') violated various 
provisions of the Clean Air Act and the Illinois Environmental 
Protection Act at a refinery owned and operated by defendants in Roxana 
and Hartford, Illinois (``Wood River Refinery''). The complaint sought 
injunctive relief and civil penalties. Under the proposed consent 
decree, WRB/P66 will implement a flare minimization and flare 
efficiency program to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds; 
undertake a variety to practices to reduce pollution from valves and 
pumps; limit benzene emissions from wastewater management units; and 
develop and implement an operation and maintenance plan to improve the 
operation of the continuous emissions monitoring systems at the Wood 
River Refinery. As mitigation for past excess emissions, WRB/P66, among 
other things, will install a new vacuum truck unloading facility; set 
up monitoring devices around its wastewater treatment plant; and use 
low emissions valves when it has to replace

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older valves or install new ones. WRB/P66 will also implement a 
$500,000 supplemental environmental project to abate lead paint hazards 
at qualifying homes and buildings and pay a civil penalty of $475,000.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and Illinois v. WRB Refining LP, et al., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-06722/6. 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 website: https://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 $56.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17637 Filed 8-15-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4410-15-P
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