[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 19878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8471]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 31, 2004, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Conoco Pipe Line Company, 
Civil Action No. CV 04-37-BLG-RFC, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Montana.
    The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims under section 
311(b) of the Clean Water Act arising from the release of oil from two 
pipelines operated by the Defendant. These claims pertain specifically 
to two spills of gasoline from Defendant's Seminoe Pipeline near Lodge 
Grass, Montana on June 20, 1997, and near Banner, Wyoming on June 27, 
1997, and to a spill of crude oil from Defendant's Glacier Pipeline 
near Conrad, Montana on May 7, 2001. Under the Consent Decree, the 
Defendant has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $465,000 to resolve the 
United States' claims regarding these spills.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Conoco Pipe Line Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-06939.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 2929 3rd Avenue North, Suite 400, Billing, Montana, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 Eighteenth Street, Suite 300, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202-2466. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division
[FR Doc. 04-8471 Filed 4-13-04; 8:45 am]
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