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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Notice of Lodging a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act; United States v. Dale Valentine, et al.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d), notice is hereby given that on December 21, 1994, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. 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 and civil penalties for violations of 
administrative orders issued by EPA under Section 7003 of RCRA for a 
cleanup of the Site.
    Under this consent decree, Valentine Construction Company, Inc., 
Dale Valentine, and William Valentine & Sons, Inc., three of the ten 
defendants named in the action, will perform certain clean up 
activities at the Site. Further, Valentine Construction Company, Inc. 
will pay a civil penalty of $20,000 to the United States for violations 
of the administrative order issued by EPA to him on October 3, 1991. 
The Consent Decree also requires five other defendants in the action to 
guarantee the financing of the clean up activities.
    Five other defendants in this action are performing work pursuant 
to a consent decree entered by the Court on June 21, 1994, designed to 
address conditions at the Site which may present an imminent and 
substantial endangerment to health or the environment.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
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 v. Dale Valentine, et al., DOJ 
Ref. #90-7-1-692.
    The 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, Colorado 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 consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 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 $40.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-32008 Filed 12-28-94; 8:45 am]
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