[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3055-3056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1318]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act as Amended by the Oil Pollution Control Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Conoco Pipe Line Company, 
Civil Action No. 96-1482-WEB, was lodged on December 31, 1996 with the 
United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In a complaint 
filed contemporaneously with the lodging of the proposed consent 
decree, the United States alleges that Defendant Conoco Pipe Line 
Company (``CPL''), pursuant to Sections 301, 309 and 311 of the Clean 
Water Act (``CWA''), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), 
33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311, 1319 and 1321, spilled 594 barrels of oil on five 
separate occasions into navigable waters in Kansas and Missouri between 
March 1991 and August 1994.
    The proposed consent decree provides that the Defendant will 
conduct pipe-to-soil surveys, inspect its pipelines, and replace and 
bury approximately 960 feet of existing pipeline at three water 
crossings as measures to prevent future oil spills into navigable 
waters. CPL will also pay a civil penalty of $112,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days

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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 
v. Conoco Pipe Line Company, DOJ Ref #90-5-1-1-4208.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1200 Epic Center, 301 North Main, Wichita, 
Kansas 67202; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Air, Water, Toxics and General Law 
Branch, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and 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 $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), for a copy of 
the consent decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-1318 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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