[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3765-3766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1709]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v.
Atlantic Pipeline Co. And Sun Pipeline Co. Civil
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Action No. 96-583 (W.D. Pa.), was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 30,
1997.
In this action the United States sought civil penalties under
Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1321(b)(3) for
a discharge of gasoline from a pipeline into a pond and unnamed
tributary of the West Branch of Richard Run near the Village of
Robinson, Pennsylvania in May 1994. The consent decree provides that
the defendants will pay a civil penalty of $40,000 to the United
States. The defendants have already paid a civil penalty of $40,000 to
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regarding the subject discharge.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Atlantic Pipeline Co. And Sun
Pipeline Co., DJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4317.
Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office
of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; the Region III
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained in person or by mail
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202-624-0892). When requesting a copy by mail,
please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (twenty-five cents per
page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-1709 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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