[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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