[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14978]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree was lodged in U.S. v. Chevron U.S.A. 
Inc. and Chevron Pipe Line Company, Civil Action No. C 96-2082 (N.D. 
Cal.) on June 5, 1996, with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of California. The case is a civil action under 
Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for 
violations of provisions of the Act and of the regulations for New 
Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') in subparts Ka and Kb of Part 
60 of 40 CFR that require all openings in the roofs of petroleum 
storage tanks that are subject to the regulations to be sealed or 
covered.
    The violations of the NSPS regulations involved Chevron's Richmond 
Refinery in Richmond, California and Chevron's pipeline transfer 
station in La Mirada, California. Petroleum storage tanks at these 
facilities have ``guideposts'' that pass through the roofs of the 
storage tanks. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of 
``slotted'' guidepoles--guidepoles perforated by a series of slots 
along the length of the pole--violate NSPS that require all openings in 
the roofs of petroleum storage tanks to be sealed or covered. The 
complaint seeks injunctive relief to ensure future compliance with the 
NSPS regulations. Under the consent decree, Chevron Richmond will 
retofit a total of 18 tanks with agreed upon emission control equipment 
and Chevron La Mirada will retrofit one tank. After retrofitting the 
specified tanks, the defendant is required to operate the emissions 
control equipment specified by its consent decree in compliance with 
the Clean Air Act and its consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and copied to Helen 
Kang, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 
301 Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer 
to U.S. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Chevron Pipe Line Company, DOJ Nos. 
90-11-3-1398 and 90-5-2-1-1965.
    The proposed Chevron consent decree may be examined at the office 
of the United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 450 
Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102; the Region IX 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. To request a copy of the consent decree in 
United States v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Chevron Pipe Line Company, 
please refer to that case and DOJ Nos. 90-5-2-1-1965 and 90-11-3-1398 
and enclose a check for the amount of $4.50. Your check should be 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14978 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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