[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47247-47248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6944]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act 
and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on August 1, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree 
(``Decree'') in United States v. ConocoPhillips Company, Civil Action 
No. 06-CV-195-J was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Wyoming.
    The Decree resolves the United States' claims against 
ConocoPhillips Company (``Conoco'') under Section 1002 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2702, and Section 311 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, more commonly known as the Clean 
Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1321, for past response costs incurred 
at the Glenrock Oil Seep Site outside Glenrock, Wyoming. The Decree 
requires Conoco to pay the United States $1,037,500 and to release any 
claims it might have (1) against the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
relating to the Site or (2) arising out of response actions at the Site 
for which past costs were incurred.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. ConocoPhillips Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-08459.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 2120 Capitol Ave., 4th Floor, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001. During 
the public comment period, the Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://

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www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent--Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 $4.50 payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6944 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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