[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31165-31166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14367]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging a Joint Stipulation of Settlement 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 June 2, 1995, a proposed joint 
stipulation of settlement 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 stipulation, one of the ten defendants named in the 
action, Jim's Water Service, Inc., will pay a civil penalty of $90,000 
to the United States for violations of the administrative order issued 
by EPA to it on October 3, 1991. The stipulation provides that the 
penalty claim alleged in the Complaint will be dismissed with 
prejudice, and all other claims alleged in the Complaint, which include 
the claims for injunctive relief, will be dismissed without prejudice. 
This settlement is based in part on information provided to the United 
States by Defendant Jim's Water Service, Inc. indicating that its 
financial ability to pay a civil penalty is [[Page 31166]] limited. 
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 
proposed stipulation of settlement. 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. In accordance with Section 
7003(d) of RCRA, commenters can also request a public meeting in the 
affected area.
    The proposed stipulation 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 NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed stipulation may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case 
and number, and enclose a check in the amount of $1.50 (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. 95-14367 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
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