[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12340-12341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04162]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 21, 2020, a proposed Third 
Amendment to Consent Decree (``Third Amendment'') in United States, et 
al. v. Superior Refining Company LLC and Valero Refining--Meraux LLC, 
Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-00563-bbc, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
    The underlying Consent Decree was entered into in 2011 and covered 
petroleum refineries located in Meraux, Louisiana, and Superior, 
Wisconsin, that were at that time owned by Murphy Oil USA, Inc., and 
resolved violations of the Clean Air Act that were alleged by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Wisconsin and the State 
of Louisiana. The proposed Third Amendment pertains solely to the 
refinery located in Superior, Wisconsin, which is now owned by the 
Superior Refining Company LLC (``Superior Refining'').
    Under the proposed Third Amendment, Superior Refining would be 
required to implement two emissions-reduction projects in the Superior, 
Wisconsin, area in order to fully mitigate the harm caused by excess 
emissions resulting from a fire and explosion at the refinery on April 
26, 2018. Specifically, Superior Refining would be required to replace 
older wood-burning stoves and other wood-burning appliances in the area 
impacted by the excess emissions with new wood-burning stoves and 
appliances meeting current EPA emission standards for wood stoves, at 
an estimated cost of $290,000.00. Superior Refining would

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also be required to implement a mitigation project to install solar 
photovoltaic panels on the campus of University of Wisconsin--Superior 
that will produce a total capacity of at least 440 kilowatts, which is 
expected to reduce both the campus' power demand and associated 
emissions from the electrical power station serving the campus. In 
addition, Superior Refining would be required to implement several 
safety-related enhancements to the design, maintenance, and operation 
of its alkylation process equipment at the refinery.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Third Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. Superior Refining Company LLC 
and Valero Refining--Meraux LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09186. 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............................  [email protected].
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 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 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-04162 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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