Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.

Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun Co., Inc., (R&M),

Civil Action No. 94-5482, was lodged on September 7, 1994, with the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The consent decree addresses alleged violations of Sections 301 and 402

of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311 and 1342, which occurred

at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania oil refinery owned by Atlantic

Marketing and operated by Sun Co., Inc., R&M. Both entities are

subsidiaries of Sun Company, Inc. Specifically, the defendants

allegedly violated several parameters of the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit for the Philadelphia

refinery. The parameters allegedly violated include those for total

suspended solids, oil and grease, total chromium, hexavelant chromium,

biochemical oxygen demand, phenolics, ammonia (as nitrogen), zinc, and

pH. Allegedly, the violations included eleven bypasses of untreated

water to the Schuylkill River.

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 should refer to

United States v. Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun

Co., Inc., (R&M), DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1 5056.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107; 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 please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment

and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-23406 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]

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