[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31913]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution 
Act (OPA)

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
and the State of Maryland v. Potomac Electric Power Company, Support 
Terminals Operation Partnership, L.P. and Support Terminal Services, 
Inc., Civil Action No. AW 02-4013, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Maryland on December 11, 2002.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701-2761 brought against Potomac Electric Power 
Company, Support Terminals Operating Partnership, L.P., and Support 
Terminal Services, Inc. collectively, (``Defendants''), for natural 
resource damages arising from the April 7, 2000 spill of oil from the 
rupture in an oil pipeline at Chalk Point Generating Station near 
Aquasco, Maryland.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the Defendants to pay 
approximately $2,700,000 in natural resource damages and approximately 
$318,000 for remaining unpaid damage assessment costs. The Consent 
Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United States and State of 
Maryland under the Oil Pollution Act.
    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 Resources Division, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Each 
communication should refer to United States, et al. v. Potomac Electric 
Power Co., et al.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Maryland, 101 W. Lombard Street, Suite 
6625, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree 
may be obtained by (1) mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044 7611; or by (2) 
faxing the request to Tonia Fleetwood, U.S. Department of Justice, fax 
number (202) 514-0097; phone confirmation (202) 514-1547. In requesting 
a copy, please forward the request and a check in the amount of $7.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost), made payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-31913 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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