9596 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2001 / Notices

Exploration & Co., et al., Civil Action

No. 2:96 CV 095, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of Indiana, Hammond

Division.

In the Second Amended Complaint

the United States sought civil penalties

and injunctive relief against BP

Exploration & Co., Amoco Oil Company,

and Atlantic Richfield Company

(hereinafter, ‘‘BP’’), 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

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act, (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.;

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9603(a) and

the Emergency Planning and

Community Right to Know Act

(‘‘EPCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 11004(a) for

alleged violations at BP’s eight refineries

located in Whiting, Indiana; Toledo,

Ohio; Mandan, North Dakota; Salt Lake

City, Utah; Texas City, Texas; Yorktown,

Virginia; Cherry Point, Washington; and

Carson, California.

Under the settlement, BP will

implement innovative pollution control

technologies to greatly reduce emissions

of nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’) and sulfur

dioxide (‘‘SO2’’) from refinery process

units and adopt facility-wide enhanced

monitoring and fugitive emission

control programs. In addition, BP will

pay a civil penalty of $10 million. The

States of Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and the

Northwest Air Pollution Authority, will

join in this settlement as signatories to

the 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 Consent 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. BP Exploration & Co., et al.,

D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–07109.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, 1001 Main Street, Suite A,

Dyer, Indiana 46311 and at U.S. EPA

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago, Illinois 60604. 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. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $41.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,

Principal Deputy Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3270 Filed 2–07–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA)

Notice is hereby given that on January

18, 2001 a proposed Consent Decree

( ‘‘Decree’’ ) in United States and State

of Colorado v. Burlington Northern

Railroad Co., Civil Action No. 86–Z–369

was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of

Colorado. The United States filed this

action pursuant to sections 107(a)(2) of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(2), to

recover past response costs incurred by

the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’ ) in

conducting response actions taken at or

in connection with the release or

threatened release of hazardous

substances at or from the Broderick

Wood Products Superfund Site located

at 5800 Galapago Street in Adams

County, Colorado. The Decree provides

for the reimbursement to EPA of

$6,800,000.00 plus accrued interest

from June 1, 2000 from Burlington

Northern Railroad Company.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to 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 and State of Colorado v.

Burlington Northern Railroad Co., D.J.

Ref. 90–7–1–254.

The Decree may be examined at the

offices of the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Suite 500 South Tower,

Denver, Colorado and at the Office of

the United States Attorney, District of

Colorado 1961 Stout Street, 11th Floor,

Denver, CO 80294. A copy of the

proposed 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 either with or without the

multiple signature pages and

attachments. In requesting a copy of the

proposed consent decree, please enclose

a check payable to the Consent Decree

Library for $5.25 for a complete copy of

the decree (25 cents per page

reproduction cost).

Robert D. Brook,

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3271 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Extension of Time for Comments

Relating to the Lodging of a Consent

Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that the public

comment period on a proposed Consent

Decree in United States and State of

Colorado v. Robert Friedland, Civil No.

96 N 1213 (D. Colo.), has been extended

at the request of a member of the public.

The Department of Justice will continue

to accept comments until February 20,

2001. The Consent Decree was lodged

on December 22, 2000 with the United

States District Court for the District of

Colorado. Notice of the public comment

period was previously published at 65

FR 83084 (December 29, 2000).

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environmental and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to, United States and State of Colorado

v. Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96 N

1213, and D.J. Ref. #90–11–3–1133B.

The Decree may be examined at the

office of the U.S. Department of Justice,

Environmental Enforcement Section,

999 18th Street, Suite 945, North Tower,

Denver, Colorado; at U.S. EPA Region 8,

Office of Regional Counsel, 999 18th

Street, Suite 300, South Tower, Denver,

Colorado. A copy of the Decree may be

obtained by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, U.S. Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC

20044. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $5.50

for the Decree (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Robert Brook,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3272 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M