[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2135]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act and Oil Pollution Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
on January 24, 1996 a proposed Consent Decree in United States of 
America and State of Indiana v. Marathon Oil Company, Case No. IP 96-
110-C-M/S, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Indiana. This consent decree represents a 
settlement of claims against Marathon Oil Company for violations of the 
Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act.
    Under this settlement between the United States and the State of 
Indiana and Marathon Oil Company [Marathon], Marathon will pay the 
United States and the State of Indiana $304,630 for natural resources 
damages, including the costs incurred by the governments to assess the 
damages. The monies recovered by the governments shall be expended, 
among other purposes, to restore, replace or acquire equivalent natural 
resources injured by two oil spills at the Marathon oil refinery 
located in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, the Consent Decree 
requires Marathon to pay $50,025 as a civil penalty for eight 
violations of its NPDES permit.
    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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States and State of Indiana v. Marathon Oil Company, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-4150.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, U.S. Courthouse, 
Fifth Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2135 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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