[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22195]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. UNOCAL Civil Action #H-97-2678 was lodged on August 5, 1997, 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Texas, Houston Division. The parties to the Consent Decree are the 
United States, on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of the 
Interior (``DOI'' or ``Federal Trustee'') and the State of Texas on 
behalf of the Texas General Land Office (``TGLO''), the Texas Natural 
Resource Conservation Commission (``TNRCC''), and the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Department (``TPWD'') (collectively, ``State Trustees'') and 
UNOCAL. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, UNOCAL agrees to pay 
$200,000 to create 3 acres of wetlands in the Neches River basin as 
compensation for natural resource damages suffered as a result of a 
discharge of crude oil from a UNOCAL air eliminator discharge line on 
April 20, 1993, plus $20,000 in future administrative costs.
    Contemporaneously with lodging the Consent Decree, the United 
States and the State of Texas jointly filed a complaint alleging that 
UNOCAL is an owner or operator of the facility that released the crude 
oil within the meaning of the OPA.
    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 v. UNOCAL, DOJ Reference Number 90-5-1-1-4340.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined 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 $3.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-22195 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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