Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air

Act

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

hereby given that a consent decree was lodged in U.S. v. Mobil Oil

Corp., Civil Action No. CV 96-3981-RSWL (SHx) (C.D. Cal.) on June 5,

1996, with the United States District court for the Central District of

California. The case is a civil action under Section 113(b) of the

Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(b), for violations of

provisions of the Act and of the regulations for New Source Performance

Standards (``NSPS'') in subparts Ka and Kb of Part 60 of 40 CFR that

require all openings in the roofs of petroleum storage tanks that are

subject to the regulations to be sealed or covered.

The violations of the NSPS regulations involved Mobil's Torrance

Refinery, located in Los Angeles County, California. Petroleum storage

tanks at this facility have ``guidepoles'' that pass through the roofs

of the storage tanks. The complaint alleges that the defendant's use of

``slotted'' guidepoles--guidepoles perforated by a series of slots

along the length of the pole--violate NSPS that require all openings in

the roofs of petroleum storage tanks to be sealed or covered. The

complaint seeks injunctive relief to ensure future compliance with the

NSPS regulations. Under the consent decree, Mobil will retrofit a total

of 20 tanks with agreed upon emission control equipment. After

retrofitting the specified tanks, the defendant is required to operate

the emissions control equipment specified by its consent decree in

compliance with the Clean Air Act and its 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

proposed

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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 copied to Richard L. Beal,

Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301

Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to

U.S. v. Mobil Oil Corp., DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994.

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

the United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1100 United

States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California

90012; the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; and 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. To request a copy of the

consent decree in United States v. Mobile Oil Corp., please refer to

that case and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-1994 and enclose a check in the amount

of $4.25. Your check should be payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-14979 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]

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