[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50840-50841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19920]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Public Comment Period for Proposed Second Amendment to 
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 
days, the United States will receive public comments on a proposed 
Second Amendment to Consent Decree in United States and the State of 
Minnesota v. Koch Petroleum Group, L.P, (Civil Action No. 00-CV-2756), 
which was lodged with the United

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States District Court for the District of Minnesota on August 22, 2008.
    The parties are amending the Consent Decree in this national, 
multi-facility Clean Air Act (``Act'') enforcement action against Koch 
Petroleum Group, L.P, now known as Flint Hills Resources, LP (``FHR''), 
pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b) (1983), amended by, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (Supp. 1991). The 
original settlement, covering three refineries, was entered by the 
Court on April 25, 2001, as part of EPA's Petroleum Refinery 
Initiative.
    This proposed Second Amendment applies to the fluidized catalytic 
cracking unit (``FCCU'') at FHR's Corpus Christi East Refinery in Texas 
and allows FHR to install an alternative control technology for the 
reduction of nitrogen oxide (``NO<INF>X</INF>'') emissions from that 
unit. FHR will complete the installation by December 31, 2010, and 
begin meeting a more stringent annual average NO<INF>X</INF> limit of 
20 parts per million (``ppm''), effective January 1, 2011. This more 
stringent limit will likely result in an additional 171.5 tpy reduction 
of NO<INF>X</INF> beyond what the original Decree required from pre-
control baseline emission levels.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the Second 
Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7b7b2a5a4a8aaaaa2a9b3eaa2a2b4e9a2a9b5a387b2b4a3a8ade9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45353027262a2828202b31682020366b202b3721053036212a2f6b222a33">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States and the State of Minnesota v. Koch Petroleum Group, 
L.P., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07110.
    During the public comment period, the Amendment may be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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#c4b0abaaada5eaa2a8a1a1b0b3ababa084b1b7a0abaeeaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="087c67666169266e646d6d7c7f67676c487d7b6c6762266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>), 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 $1.75 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-19920 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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