[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-726]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 95-091]


Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Pipeline Corp.; Proposed Penalty; 
Opportunity to Comment

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed penalty; opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard gives notice of and provides an opportunity to 
comment on the proposed assessment of a Class II administrative penalty 
to Shell Offshore Inc. and a Class II administrative penalty to Shell 
Pipeline Corp. for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (FWPCA). The alleged violations involved the spill of approximately 
176,000 gallons of oil as defined in Sec. 311(a)(1) of the FWPCA, 33 
U.S.C. 1321(a)(1) and in 33 CFR 153.103(m) from the Hobbitt Pipeline, 
into or upon Ship Shoal Block 281 and adjoining waters beginning on 
November 16, 1994, and continuing through and including November 22, 
1994. Interested persons may submit written comments on the proceeding, 
including comments on the amount of the proposed penalty, or written 
notice of intent to present evidence at any hearing held in the 
proceeding. If no hearing is held, an interested person may, within 30 
days after issuance of an order, petition to set aside the order and to 
provide a hearing.

DATES: Comments or notice of intent to present evidence at a hearing 
must be received not later than February 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for a hearing may be mailed to the 
Hearing Docket Clerk, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 
Commandant (G-CJ), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, or may be delivered to room 6302 at the same 
address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. Filings should reference docket number 95-0002-CIV. 
The administrative record for this proceeding is available for 
inspection at the same address and times.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. George J. Jordan, Director of Judicial Administration, Office of 
the Chief Administrative Law Judge, Commandant (G-CJ), U.S. Coast 
Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone 
(202) 267-2940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this proceeding is given pursuant 
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), as 
amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The proceeding is initiated 
under Sec. 311(b) of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C. 1321(b)).
    This proceeding results from an alleged spill of approximately 
176,000 gallons of oil discharged beginning on November 16,1994, and 
continuing through and including November 22, 1994, from the Hobbitt 
Pipeline, into or upon Ship Shoal Block 281 and adjoining waters. Under 
the Coast Guard's Class II Civil Penalty regulations in 33 CFR Part 20, 
the Coast Guard publishes notice of the proposed issuance of an order 
assessing a Class II penalty in the Federal Register (33 CFR 20.402). A 
person who wishes to be an interested person must file written comment 
on the proceeding or written notice of intent to present evidence at 
any hearing held in the proceeding with the Hearing Docket Clerk not 
later than February 21, 1996 (33 CFR 20.404). Interested persons will 
be given notice of any hearing, a reasonable opportunity to be heard 
and to present evidence during any hearing, and notice of the decision. 
Although no hearing is yet scheduled, the Coast Guard has asked that 
any hearing be held in New Orleans, LA. If no hearing is held, an 
interested person may, within 30 days after issuance of an order, 
petition the Commandant of the Coast Guard to set aside the order and 
to provide a hearing (33 CFR 20.1102).
    The following additional information is provided:
    Respondent: Shell Offshore Inc., One Shell Square, P.O. Box 61933, 
New Orleans, LA 70161-1933.
    Respondent: Shell Pipeline Corp., P.O. Box 52163, New Orleans, LA 
70152.
    Complaint Filed: December 4, 1995; New Orleans, LA.
    Docket Number: 95-0002-CIV
    Amount of Proposed Penalty: $70,000 to Shell Offshore Inc.
    Amount of Proposed Penalty: $70,000 to Shell Pipeline Corp.
    Charges: Count 1--Discharge of Oil.

    Dated: December 11, 1995.
George J. Jordan,
Judicial Administrator, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 
U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 96-726 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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