[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13029]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (OPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree (Decree) in 
United States v. V-1 Oil Company, Civil Action No. 96-0454-E BLW, was 
lodged May 2, 2001, with the United States District Court for the 
District Of Idaho.
    The Complaint filed in the above-referenced matter alleges that V-1 
Oil Company (the Defendant) is liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (OPA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) for costs incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Coast Guard as a 
result of the release or substantial threat of a release of oil at a 
former gasoline service station in Preston, Idaho (the Facility). In 
the Complaint, the United States also sought civil penalties for 
violation of an administrative order issued pursuant to the CWA and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
    Under the proposed Decree, the Defendant shall pay $722,000 in 
reimbursement of removal costs. Additionally, the Defendant shall pay 
$478,000 in civil penalties. In exchange, the United States is granting 
Defendant a covenant not to sue or take administrative action against 
Defendant for the claims alleged in the Complaint. This covenant not to 
sue extends only to Defendant and does not extend to any other persons.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. V-1 Oil Company, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4396A.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 
please refer to the referenced case number and enclose a check in the 
amount of $4.50, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-13029 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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