[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30097-30098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14980]



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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. versus Ultramar 
Inc., Civil Action No. CV 96-3983-GHK (ASWx) (C.D. Cal.), on June 5, 
1996, with the United States District Court for the Central 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 subpart Ka of Part 60 of 40 C.F.R. 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 Ultramar Inc.'s 
(``Ultramar's'') Wilmington Refinery, which is located in Wilmington, 
California, Los Angeles County, California. A petroleum storage tank at 
this facility has a ``guidepole'' that passes through the roof of the 
storage tank. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of a 
``drilled'' guidepole--a guidepole perforated by a series of holes 
along the length of the pole--violates 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, Ultramar will 
retrofit the tank with agreed upon emission control equipment. After 
retrofitting the tank, the defendant is required to operate the 
emissions control equipment specified by its consent decrees 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 Robert R. 
Klotz, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 
301 Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer 
to United States v. Ultramar Inc., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002.
    The proposed Ultramar consent decree may be examined at the office 
of the United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1100 
United States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, 
California 90012, or at the

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Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthrone 
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. In requesting a copy of the consent 
decree in United States versus Ultramar Inc., please refer to that case 
and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2002 and enclose a check in the amount of $4.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs). Your check should be payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14980 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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