Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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.

Powerine Oil Company, Civil Action No. 94-1690-WDK (EEX) was lodged on

March 15, 1994 with the United States District Court for the Central

District of California. Powerine operates a petroleum refinery that

produces gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel. A complaint filed

concurrently with the proposed consent decree alleges that Powerine Oil

Company violated the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'')

General Provisions, 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and the NSPS for

petroleum refineries, 40 CFR part 60, subpart J, promulgated pursuant

to section 111 of the Clean Air Act. In the proposed consent decree,

Powerine Oil Company agrees to pay a civil penalty of $104,315 and to

conduct a performance evaluation at its refinery.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Powerine Oil Company, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1876.

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

United States Attorney, Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street,

Los Angeles, California 90012; the Region IX Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105; 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 $3.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-8044 Filed 4-4-94; 8:45 am]

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