[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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