[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19395]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States, et al., v. ARCO Pipe Line Co., et al., Civil Action No. 1:96 CV 
0280, was lodged on July 18, 1996, with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The consent decree settles 
an action brought under Section 1006 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 
U.S.C. Sec. 2706, for natural resource damages resulting from an oil 
spill in which a pipeline ruptured and discharged approximately 30,000 
gallons of diesel fuel that flowed into Fish Creek, DeKalb County, 
Indiana, and spread downstream into Williams County, Ohio. The consent 
decree requires ARCO Pipe Line Co. and NORCO Pipeline, Inc., to pay the 
past assessment costs of the natural resource trustees and to pay 
$2,507,500 for restoring, rehabilitating, replacing, or acquiring the 
equivalent of the damaged natural resources.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States, et al., v. ARCO Pipe Line Co., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-
1-4146.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Fort Wayne Division, 1300 South Harrison 
Street, Room 3128, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46802; the Bloomington Field 
Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 620 South Walker Street, 
Bloomington, Indiana, 47403; 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 refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-19395 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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