[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11121]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Clean 
Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 16, 2001, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in United States v. Arco Pipe Line Company, No. 99 
2161 GTV (D. Kan.) (DJ #90-5-1-06347), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Kansas.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement would resolve the United States' 
claims against Arco Pipe Line Company, under Section 311 of the Clean 
Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1321, for Arco's January 21, 1994, 
discharge of 3869 barrels of oil into navigable waters of the United 
States.
    Under the proposed settlement, Arco will pay the United States 
$804,700 in civil penalties for the oil spill. In addition, Arco will 
spend $145,300 on a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') 
consisting of remodeling/reconstructing the concrete drinking water 
intake for the City of Osawatomie, KS. The settlement also resolves 
Arco's claims against the United States for costs, expenses and damages 
incurred as a result of the oil discharge.
    The U.S. Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty 
(30) days from the date of publication of this notice, comments 
relating to the proposed Settlement Agreement. Any comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should reference the following case name 
and number: United States v. Arco Pipe Line Company, DJ #90-5-1-06347.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the offices of 
EPA Region VII, located at 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 
66101, c/o Denise Roberts, (913) 551-7559, or at the U.S. Attorney's 
Office, 500 State Avenue, Suite 360, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, c/o 
Robert Olsen, (913) 551-6730. A copy of the proposed Settlement 
Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
c/o Peggy Fenlon-Gore, (202) 514-5245. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $13.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-11121 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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