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 Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on September 8, 1999, a consent decree was lodged in

United States v. Colorado Refining Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum,

Inc., Civil Action No. 99-N-1759, with the United States District Court

for the District of Colorado.

This consent decree resolves claims against Colorado Refining

Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum, Inc., brought in connection with the

CFC petroleum refinery in Commerce City, Colorado pursuant to section

113(b) of the Clear Air Act, as amended, (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b),

and Sections 3008(a), (g) and (h) of the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, as amended, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a), (g) and (h).

The consent decree resolves alleged violations of monitoring, sampling,

and reporting requirements of a 1989 RCRA Administrative Consent Order

and alleged violations of emission control requirements and monitoring,

testing and reporting requirements of the CAA. The consent decree

requires CRC and TPI to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million and to

perform comprehensive injunctive relief, including the installation of

new emissions control technology, additional emissions monitoring and

reporting, and additional soil and sediment testing and reporting.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Colorado Refining Company, Inc. and TPI Petroleum, Inc., DOJ

Ref. No. 90-7-1-894. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the

office of the United States Attorney, District of Colorado, 1961 Stout

Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado or the offices of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 Eighteen Street,

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library,

PO Box 7611, Washington, DC. 20044. When requesting a copy by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (twenty-five 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. 99-25336 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]

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