[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11773]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Order Under the Clean
Water Act
On May 12, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
settlement order with the United States District Court for the District
of Utah in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Chevron Pipe Line
Company, Civil Action No. 2:14cv00360.
The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Water Act. The
complaint seeks civil penalties from Chevron Pipe Line Company for two
oil spills that occurred near Salt Lake City, Utah. The first oil spill
occurred in June 2010 near Red Butte Creek, and the second occurred in
March 2013 near Willard Bay. The settlement order requires the
defendant to pay a civil penalty of $875,000 to the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the settlement order. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States v. Chevron Pipe Line Company, D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-1-1-10450. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty
(30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be
submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the settlement order may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy
of the settlement order upon written request and payment of
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $2.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-11773 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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