[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-5483]
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[Federal Register: March 10, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
6973(d), notice is hereby given that on March 4, 1994, a proposed
consent decree in United States versus Dale Valentine, et al., Civil
Action No. 93CV1005J, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of Wyoming.
The complaint filed by the United States on February 19, 1993,
seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties under Section 7003 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973. The
complaint alleges that an abandoned oil reprocessing facility near
Glenrock, Wyoming, commonly known as Powder River Crude Processors or
Big Muddy Oil Processors (the ``Site''), may present an imminent and
substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. The
complaint seeks injunctive relief for a clean up of the Site and civil
penalties for violations of administrative orders issued by EPA.
Under this consent decree, five of the ten defendants named in the
action, Texaco Marketing and Refining Inc., Phillips Petroleum Company,
True Oil Company, Eighty-Eight Oil Company, and Conoco Pipe Line
Company (``Settling Defendants''), will conduct a clean up of the Site,
which contains unlined sludge pits, leaking tanks, oily seeps and
spills, and contaminated soils. It is estimate that this cleanup will
cost between $4.4 and $8.9 million. In addition, the Settling
Defendants will pay a civil penalty of $300,000.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States versus Dale Valentine, et
al., DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-692.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, 3rd Floor, Federal
Building, 111 South Wolcott, Casper, Wyoming 82601; the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street--Suite 500,
Denver, Colo. 80202-2466; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 ``G''
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy
of the proposed decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and
number, and enclose a check in the amount of $15.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-5483 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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