Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act; Atlantic Richfield Co., et al.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air

Act; Atlantic Richfield Co., et al.

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

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

Atlantic Richfield Co. and Snyder Oil Corp., Civil Action No.

94CV0246D, was lodged on October 7, 1994 with the United States

District Court for the district of Wyoming. The proposed consent decree

with defendants Atlantic Richfield Company (``ARCO'') and Snyder Oil

Corporation (``Snyder'') sets a civil penalty of $875,000.00 for

violations of the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD)

provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7471 et seq., and the regulations promulgated

thereunder, 40 CFR 52.51 (b) through (w). The violations occurred at

the Riverton Dome Gas Plant located on the Wind River Indian

Reservation in Fremont County, Wyoming. A PSD permit was issued for the

sources to be effective August 5, 1994 and the decree provides that

Snyder must bring the facility into compliance within six weeks after

the effective date of the permit.

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,

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. and Snyder Oil Corp., DOJ Ref.

#90-5-2-1-1896.

Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office

of the United States Attorney, District of Wyoming, J.C. O'Mahoney

Federal Building, 2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 402, Cheyenne, Wyoming, or

at the Region VIII office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 999

18th Street, Suite 700 South, Denver, Colorado 80202. A copy may also

be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). When

requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree

Library.''

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 94-27339 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]

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