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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice gives

notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Marathon Oil

Company, Civil No. 96-4117-JLF (S.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on January

5, 1998. The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States'

civil claims against the Marathon Oil Company for certain of its

operations at its refinery in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois,

under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 7401-7671q, and the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6992k. Under the terms of

the proposed consent decree, defendant Marathon Oil Company will pay a

civil penalty of $75,000 and perform a supplemental environmental

project, which will include the implementation of an early-compliance

program with projected Clean Air Act regulations for which Marathon Oil

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Company will expend not less than $382,000 net after-tax.

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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United

States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer

to United States v. Marathon Oil Company, Civil No. 96-4117-JLF (S.D.

Ill.) and DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-1-1978.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of

the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 9

Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, 618-628-

3700; (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5),

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Mary

T. McAuliffe (312-886-6237); and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice,

Environment and Natural Resources Division 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (36 pages at

25 cents per page reproduction costs), made payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-1093 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]

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