[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d), notice is hereby given that on March 4, 1994, a proposed 
consent decree in United States versus Dale Valentine, et al., Civil 
Action No. 93CV1005J, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Wyoming.
    The complaint filed by the United States on February 19, 1993, 
seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties under Section 7003 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973. The 
complaint alleges that an abandoned oil reprocessing facility near 
Glenrock, Wyoming, commonly known as Powder River Crude Processors or 
Big Muddy Oil Processors (the ``Site''), may present an imminent and 
substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. The 
complaint seeks injunctive relief for a clean up of the Site and civil 
penalties for violations of administrative orders issued by EPA.
    Under this consent decree, five of the ten defendants named in the 
action, Texaco Marketing and Refining Inc., Phillips Petroleum Company, 
True Oil Company, Eighty-Eight Oil Company, and Conoco Pipe Line 
Company (``Settling Defendants''), will conduct a clean up of the Site, 
which contains unlined sludge pits, leaking tanks, oily seeps and 
spills, and contaminated soils. It is estimate that this cleanup will 
cost between $4.4 and $8.9 million. In addition, the Settling 
Defendants will pay a civil penalty of $300,000.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States versus Dale Valentine, et 
al., DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-692.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, 3rd Floor, Federal 
Building, 111 South Wolcott, Casper, Wyoming 82601; the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street--Suite 500, 
Denver, Colo. 80202-2466; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 ``G'' 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
number, and enclose a check in the amount of $15.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-5483 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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