[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16116]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act
and the National Park Service Resource Protection Act
Notice is hereby given that the United States, on behalf of the
United States Departments of Commerce and Interior, and the State of
Hawaii, lodged a proposed Consent Decree in the United States District
Court for the District of Hawaii, in United States v. Chevron Products
Division, Civil Action No. 99-00410-DAE-LEK, on June 3, 1999. This
Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States and the State
of Hawaii against Chevron Products Division (``Chevron''), pursuant to
the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., the National Park
System Resource Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 19jj, as well as, state laws
and regulations. The consent decree concerns Chevron's discharge of
approximately 41,000 gallons of number 6 bunker fuel oil from its
pipeline on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, into Waiau Marsh, Waiau Stream,
and Pearl Harbor on May 14, 1996.
The Consent Decree provides that Chevron will pay a $100,000
penalty to the State of Hawaii and will pay approximately $2.250
million in natural resource damages and restoration projects. As part
of the Consent Decree, Chevron has agreed to undertake at the USS
ARIZONA Memorial Visitors Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The cost of
this work is valued at approximately $1 million. The consent decree
further provides for the payment of interest from the date of lodging
the decree.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Chevron Products Division. DOJ #90-5-1-1-4426.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the following
offices: United States Attorney, District of Hawaii, Suite 6100, 300
Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW.,
3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to
the reference number given above and enclose a check in the amount of
$5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16116 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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