Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2005 / Notices 60853 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

In accordance with Departmental 

policy, 38 CFR 50.7, and Section 

122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice 

is hereby given that on September 29, 

2005, a proposed Consent Decree 

(‘‘Decree’’) in United States v. Allied Oil 

& Supply Company et al, Civil Action 

No. 05–2419 was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Kansas. 

The Decree resolves claims of the 

United States against Allied Oil & 

Supply Co., Baker Petrolite Corp., Citgo 

Petroleum Corp., Chevron 

Environmental Management Co., 

Conocophillips Co., Cook Composites 

and Polymers Comp., Curran Paint and 

Varnish Company, Elementis Chemicals 

Inc., Harcros Chemicals Inc., Exxon 

Mobil Corp., Heathwood Oil Co., Inc., 

Mallinckrodt Inc., Pam Oil Inc., and 3M 

Co. (‘‘Settling Defendants’’) under 

Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), for recovery of response costs 

incurred by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) at the Container Recycling 

Superfund Site located in Kansas City, 

Kansas (‘‘Site’’). The Decree requires the 

Settling Defendants pay $1,127,000 in 

reimbursement of EPA’s past response 

costs. EPA does not plan further 

response action at the Site. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Allied Oil & Supply Co., Civil 

Action No. 05–2419 (D. Kansas), D.J. 

Ref. No. 90–11–2–1322/4. 

The Decree may be examined at the 

Office of the United States Attorney, 

District of Kansas, and at U.S. EPA 

Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas 

City, Kansas 66101. During the public 

comment period, the Decree, may also 

be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy 

of the Decree 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (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 $7.75 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury. 

Robert E. Maher, Jr., 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20934 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on October 11, 2005, a 

Consent Decree in United States and the 

State of Louisiana v. Chalmette 

Refining, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 05–

4662, was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Louisiana. 

In a complaint that was filed 

simultaneously with the Consent 

Decree, the United States and the State 

of Louisiana sought injunctive relief and 

penalties against Chalmette Refining, 

L.L.C. (‘‘CRLLC’’) pursuant to Sections 

113(b) and 304(a) of the Clean Air Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7413(b) and 7604(a), for 

alleged Clean Air Act violations and 

violations of the corollary provisions in 

state law at a petroleum refinery in 

Chalmette, Louisiana owned by CRLLC. 

The complaint also alleged violations of 

release reporting requirements under 

Section 103 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 

U.S.C. 9603, and Section 304 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11004. 

Under the settlement, CRLLC will 

implement innovative pollution control 

technologies to reduce emissions of 

nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and 

particulate matter from refinery process 

units. CRLLC also will adopt facilitywide enhanced benzene waste 

monitoring and fugitive emission 

control programs. In addition, CRLLC 

will pay a $1 million civil penalty for 

settlement of the claims in the 

complaint. Finally, CRLLC will 

undertake $3 million in Federal and 

State environmentally-beneficial 

projects, including spending at least $1 

million to retrofit or replace an existing 

gas-fired compressor to reduce emission 

of nitrogen oxides and providing $2 

million for acquisition and protection of 

coastal lands in the State of Louisiana. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the Consent 

Decree for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States and the State of Louisiana v. 

Chalmette Refining, L.L.C., D.J. Ref. No. 

90–5–2–1–07030/2. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Offices of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas Texas. During the public 

comment period, the Consent Decree 

may also be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy 

of the Consent Decree 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 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 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 

$40.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20936 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on October 11, 2005, a 

Consent Decree in United States et al. v. 

Exxon Mobil Corporation and 

ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Civil 

Action No. O5–C–5809, was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Illinois. 

In a complaint that was filed 

simultaneously with the Consent 

Decree, the United States, the State of 

Illinois, the State of Louisiana, and the 

State of Montana sought injunctive 

relief and penalties against Exxon Mobil 

Corporation and ExxonMobil Oil 

Corporation (‘‘ExxonMobil’’) pursuant 

to Sections 113(b) and 304(a) of the 

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) and 

7604(a), for alleged Clean Air Act 

violations and violations of the corollary 

provisions in state laws at ExxonMobil 

petroleum refineries in Baton Rouge,