[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12113]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR
19029, notice is hereby given that on April 26, 1996, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States v. Raymond G. Regis, Paul Wasson, and
Wasson and Regis, a Partnership, Civil Action No. 94-CV-0319C(F), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District
of New York resolving the matters alleged in the United States'
complaint filed on April 28, 1994. The proposed Consent Decree
represents a settlement of the United States' claims against Raymond G.
Regis, Paul Wasson, and Wasson and Regis, a Partnership
(``Defendants'') under the Safe Drinking Water Act for Defendants'
violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act by failing to comply with the
Underground Injection Control (``UIC'') regulations for Class II
injection wells for the secondary recovery of oil, 40 CFR Part 144.28,
promulgated under sections 300h and 300h-1 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, 42 U.S.C. 1421 and 1422, and for failure to comply with the terms
of a final administrative order issued pursuant to section 300h-2(c),
42 U.S.C. 1423(c), requiring compliance with the Safe Drinking Water
Act UIC program.
Under the proposed Consent Decree the Defendants shall comply with
the UIC regulations, including the implementing regulations pertaining
to Class II Injection Wells at 40 CFR 144.22 and 144.28, and the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Under the consent decree, Defendants are also
required to submit a plugging and abandonment schedule (the
``Schedule'') for the fifteen wells at the Stillman facility in
Bolivar, New York, within thirty days from the date of lodging, which
provides for the proper plugging and abandonment of at least three
wells per year commencing no later than calendar year 1996 and to
properly plug and abandon the fifteen secondary, enhanced recovery
injection wells at the Stillman facility pursuant to the Schedule and a
previously submitted and approved plugging and abandonment plan (the
``Plan'').
The Department of Justice will receive, for thirty (30) days from
the date of publication of this notice, written comments relating to
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and should refer to
United States v. Raymond G. Regis, Paul Wasson, and Wasson and Regis, a
Partnership, D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3937.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Western District of New York located at
68 Court Street, Buffalo, New York 14202; at the Region II Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency located at 290 Broadway, New York,
New York 10007; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,
4th Floor Washington, D.C., 20005, (202)-624-0892. A copy of the
proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C., 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount
of $15.50 (25 cents per page reproduction charge) payable to the
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12113 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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