[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64202-64203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22466]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On September 13, 2016, a proposed Consent Decree in United States
of America v. Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corporation, Civil Action
No.3:16-cv-02641, was filed with the United States District Court for
Puerto Rico.
The proposed Consent Decree between the parties resolves the United
States' claims that Total Petroleum violated the Clean Water Act and
permits it holds under the Act at Total Petroleum's Bulk Fuels Terminal
in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree requires Total
Petroleum to undertake work at its facility to comply with the Act and
the permits it holds, to pay a $345,000 civil penalty, and to undertake
a project to improve aquatic habitat in the nearby San Juan Harbor.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to: United States of America v. Total Petroleum Puerto
Rico Corporation, Civil Action No.3:16-cv-02641, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
10983. 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 proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the proposed Consent Decree 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 $18.25 (25 cents per page
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reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-22466 Filed 9-16-16; 8:45 am]
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