Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air

Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act

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

hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Shell

Oil Company,

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Civil Action No. 96-0328, Sec. A, Mag 2, was lodged on January 26,

1996, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Louisiana.

The Consent Decree between the United States and Shell Oil Company

resolves violations of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), New Source

Performance Standards (``NSPS'') and National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (``NESHAP''); the Safe Drinking Water Act

(``SDWA''); the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

(``EPCRA''); the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') and the company's National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') Permits; and the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') and the state and

federal hazardous waste regulations. These violations occurred at the

company's refinery and chemical facilities in Norco, Louisiana. The

Consent Decree includes a requirement that Shell Oil Company pay a

civil penalty of $1,000,000.

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. Shell Oil Company, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-629A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Hale Boggs Building, Room 201, 501 Magazine

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; the Region VI Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202;

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 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 NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy 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.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-2661 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]

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