[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19752-19753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08651]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
On April 25, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Falcon
Petroleum, LLC, RGLL, Inc., and GRJH, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-
1522.
This settlement resolves the United States' allegations that Falcon
Petroleum, LLC, RGLL, Inc., and GRJH, Inc. (``Defendants'') violated
the Resource Conservation and Recovery (``Act'') and its implementing
regulations set forth at 40 CFR part 280 at eight gas stations in New
York, all of which contain underground storage tanks (``tanks'') owned
and operated, or owned and leased, by Defendants. The United States'
claims against Defendants stem from the company's alleged failure to
install overfill protection equipment; perform release detection on
tanks and associated piping; equip piping with automatic line leak
detectors; perform annual testing of an automatic line leak detector on
piping; and maintain adequate records of release detection monitoring.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring
that Defendants implement injunctive relief valued at approximately
$218,000, undertake a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'')
valued at approximately $220,000, and pay a $60,000 civil penalty. As
part of the injunctive relief, Defendants will install, or upgrade to,
fully automated electronic release detection monitoring equipment at
seven gas stations in New York. As part of the SEP, Defendants will
install a centralized monitoring system in twenty-six stations that
span three states: Twenty-three in New York, two in Connecticut and one
in New Hampshire. The centralized monitoring system will transmit to
and collect at one central location the information gathered at each
gas station equipped with the electronic release detection monitoring
equipment. This technology will therefore assist Defendants to respond
to potential releases and other alarm events.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States v. Falcon Petroleum, LLC, RGLL, Inc., and
GRJH, Inc., D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-09896. 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 Consent Decree 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 Consent Decree upon written request and payment of
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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 $10.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $6.75.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-08651 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
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