[Federal Register: January 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 11)]
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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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