Notice of Extension of Time for Public Comment Regarding Lodged Consent Decree

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Extension of Time for Public Comment Regarding Lodged

Consent Decree

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

was given on September 22, 1994 at 59 Fed. Reg. 48640, that a proposed

consent decree was lodged in United States v. Atlantic Refining and

Marketing Co., Inc., and Sun Co., Inc., (R&M), 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. The violations included

eleven bypasses of untreated water to the Schuylkill River.

At the request of citizens who live in the vicinity of the

refinery, the Department of Justice is extending the time for public

comment relating to the proposed consent decree through December 8,

1994. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Atlantic Refining and Marketing Co., et al., 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,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

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.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-29031 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]

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