[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6845]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act
and the Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on March 24, 2005, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States, et al. v. Marathon Oil Company, et al., Civil
Action No. 2:05-CV-0090-LIM-WGH, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. This Consent
Decree represents a settlement of claims brought by the United States
and the State of Indiana against Marathon Oil Company and Marathon
Ashland Pipe Line LLC (``Settling Defendants'') in the above referenced
action under Sections 1002 and 1006 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C.
2702 and 2706, and Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321,
for natural resource damages relating to discharges of oil from
pipelines owned or operated by Settling Defendants in and around
Rosedale, Catlin, and Daylight, Indiana.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants would
convey 56.54 acres of riparian flood plain habitat to the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources for replacement or acquisition of the
equivalent of injured natural resources. In addition, the Settling
Defendants would pay the United States and the State of Indiana
$24,220.10 for costs incurred in assessing the damages to natural
resources resulting from the discharges of oil, and $5,779.90 to be
used for future restoration of the 56.64 acre property.
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, et al. v. Marathon Oil Company, et al. (S.D. Ind.), D.J.
Ref. 90-5-1-1-4150/1.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 10 West Market Street, Suite 2100, Indianapolis, IN
46204-3048, and at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Three Parkway
Center, Room 385, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. During the public comment
period, the Consent Decree also may 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 $6.50
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-6845 Filed 4-5-05; 8:45 am]
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