Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Air Act, 1789 [2019-01109]
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The Complaint in this Clean Water
Act case was filed against Sunoco
Pipeline L.P. (Sunoco) and Mid-Valley
Pipeline Company (Mid-Valley)
concurrently with the lodging of the
proposed Consent Decree. The
Complaint alleges federal and state
claims relating to three crude oil spills:
A 2013 spill of 550 barrels in Tyler
County, Texas; a 2014 spill of
approximately 4,500 barrels in Caddo
Parish, near Mooringsport; and a 2015
spill of 40 barrels in Grant County,
Oklahoma. The Texas spill affected
Russell Creek, which flows to the
Neches River. The Louisiana spill—the
largest of the three—flowed to Tete
Bayou, a tributary of Caddo Lake. The
Oklahoma spill flowed into two creeks
that flow to the Arkansas River,
affecting an area of about a half a mile.
All three spills resulted from pipeline
corrosion. The Complaint alleges
violations of Sections 311(b) and 309(b)
of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C.
1321(b) and 1319(b). In addition, the
Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ) alleges violations of La.
R.S. 30:2076(A)(1) and (A)(3), LAC
33:IX.501.A, LAC 33:IX.1701.B,
Defendants’ LPDES General Permit, and
Louisiana Administrative Code section
LAC 33:I.3925.A.3. The Complaint seeks
civil penalties, state response costs, and
injunctive relief for three discharges of
oil into navigable waters of the United
States.
Under the proposed Consent Decree,
Sunoco will pay $5 million in civil
penalties to the United States and
$437,274.20 in civil penalties and
response costs to LDEQ. Additionally,
Sunoco is required to take actions to
prevent future spills by identifying and
remediating the types of problems that
caused the prior spills. This includes
performing pipeline inspections and
repairing pipeline defects that could
lead to future spills. Sunoco is also
required to take steps to prevent and
detect corrosion in pipeline segments
that Sunoco in no longer using. MidValley, the owner of the pipeline that
spilled oil in Louisiana, is responsible,
along with Sunoco, for payment of the
civil penalties and state response costs
relating to the Louisiana spill.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States of America and
Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality v. Sunoco Pipeline L.P. and
Mid-Valley Pipeline Company, D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–1–1–11673. All comments
must be submitted no later than thirty
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(30) days after the publication date of
this notice. Comments may be
submitted by either email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed Consent Decree upon written
request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $63.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy
without the appendices and signature
pages, the cost is $9.75.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under The Clean Air
Act
On January 30, 2019, the U. S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged a
proposed Consent Decree with the
United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio in United
States v. Toledo Refining Company,
Civil Action No. 3:19–cv–00232. The
lodging of the proposed Decree
immediately followed DOJ’s filing in the
same court of a civil complaint
(Complaint) against Toledo Refining
Company (Toledo Refining).
The proposed Consent Decree
resolves Clean Air Act claims in the
Complaint by the United States on
behalf of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). Under the
proposed Decree, Toledo Refining
agrees, among other things, to undertake
measures to improve its flare gas
recovery system at its oil refinery
facility in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo
Refining will adhere to detailed flare gas
recovery requirements and provisions
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addressing the Leak Detection and
Repair Program, pay a civil penalty,
perform a Supplemental Environmental
Project, and conduct three mitigation
projects.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. Toledo Refining
Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–
10924. All comments must be submitted
no later than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed Consent Decree upon written
request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $37.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost), payable to the
United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
On January 29, 2019, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Ohio
in United States v. Bedford
Environmental Services, LLC and Krick
Road Holdings, LLC, Civil Action No.
1:19–cv–224.
The Consent Decree settles claims
brought by the United States for
violations of the Resource Conservation
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Air
Act
On January 30, 2019, the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged a
proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio in United States v. Toledo Refining Company,
Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-00232. The lodging of the proposed Decree
immediately followed DOJ's filing in the same court of a civil
complaint (Complaint) against Toledo Refining Company (Toledo
Refining).
The proposed Consent Decree resolves Clean Air Act claims in the
Complaint by the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). Under the proposed Decree, Toledo Refining
agrees, among other things, to undertake measures to improve its flare
gas recovery system at its oil refinery facility in Oregon, Ohio.
Toledo Refining will adhere to detailed flare gas recovery requirements
and provisions addressing the Leak Detection and Repair Program, pay a
civil penalty, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project, and
conduct three mitigation projects.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States v. Toledo Refining Company, D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-2-1-10924. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty
(30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be
submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the proposed Consent Decree upon
written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your
request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $37.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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