[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1661-1662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-727]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 95-092]
Greenhill Petroleum Corporation, Blake Drilling and Workover
Company, Inc., and Mike Hicks Tools and Services, Inc.; Proposed
Penalty; Opportunity To Comment
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed penalty; opportunity to comment.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard gives notice of and provide an opportunity to
comment on the proposed assessment of a Class II administrative penalty
to Greenhill Petroleum Corporation; a Class II administrative penalty
to Blake Drilling and Workover Company, Inc; and a Class II
administrative penalty to Mike Hicks Tools and Services, Inc., for
violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). The
alleged violations involved the spill of approximately 96,000 gallons
of oil as defined in Sec. 311(a)(1) of the FWPCA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(a)(1),
and in 33 CFR 153.103(m) from the vessel BLAKE IV, into or upon
Timbalier Bay and adjoining shorelines beginning on September 29, 1992,
and continuing through and including October 8, 1992. Interested
persons may submit written comments on the proceeding, including
comments on the amount of the proposed penalty, or written notice of
intent to present evidence at any hearing held in the proceeding. If no
hearing is held, an interested person may, within 30 days after
issuance of an order, petition to set aside the order and to provide a
hearing.
DATES: Comments or notice of intent to present evidence at a hearing
must be received not later than February 21, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for a hearing may be mailed to the
Hearing Docket Clerk, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
Commandant (G-CJ), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001, or may be delivered to room 6302 at the same
address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Filings should reference docket number 95-0003-CIV.
The administrative record for this proceeding is available for
inspection at the same address and times.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. George J. Jordan, Director of Judicial Administration, Office of
the Chief Administration Law Judge, Commandant (G-CJ), U.S. Coast
Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone
(202) 267-2940.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this proceeding is given pursuant
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), as
amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The proceeding is initiated
under Sec. 311(b) of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C. 1321(b)).
This proceeding results from an alleged spill of approximately
96,000 gallons of oil discharged beginning on September 29, 1992, and
continuing through and including October 8, 1992, from the vessel BLAKE
IV, into or upon Timbalier Bay and adjoining shorelines. Under the
Coast Guard's Class II Civil Penalty regulations in 33 CFR Part 20, the
Coast Guard publishes notice of the proposed issuance of an order
assessing a Class II penalty in the Federal Register (33 CFR 20.402). A
person who wishes to be an interested person must file written comment
on the proceeding or written notice of intent to present evidence at
any hearing held in the proceeding with the Hearing Docket Clerk not
later than February 21, 1996 (33 CFR 20.404). Interested persons will
be given notice of any hearing, a reasonable opportunity to be heard
and to present evidence during any hearing, and notice of the decision.
Although no hearing is yet scheduled, the Coast Guard has asked that
any hearing be held in New Orleans, LA. If no hearing
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is held, an interested person may, within 30 days after issuance of an
order, petition the Commandant of the Coast Guard to set aside the
order and to provide a hearing (33 CFR 20.1102).
The following additional information is provided:
Respondent: Greenhill Petroleum Corporation, 3300 West Esplanade
Avenue, Suite 500, Metarie, LA 70002.
Respondent: Blake Drilling and Workover Company, Inc., 230 Gunther
Lane, Belle Chase, LA 70037.
Respondent: Mike Hicks Tools and Services, Inc., Louisiana Highway
23, Port Sulfur, LA 70082.
Complaint Filed: December 4, 1995; New Orleans, LA.
Docket Number: 95-0003-CIV.
Amount of Proposed Penalty: $100,000 to Greenhill Petroleum
Corporation.
Amount of Proposed Penalty: $100,000 to Blake Drilling and Workover
Company, Inc.
Amount of Proposed Penalty: $100,000 to Mike Hicks Tools and
Services, Inc.
Charges: Count 1--Discharge of Oil.
Dated: December 11, 1995.
George J. Jordan,
Judicial Administrator, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 96-727 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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