[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59371-59372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29010]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby give that on October 21, 1997 a 
proposed consent decree (``the decree'') in United States, Commonwealth 
of Virginia, and District of Columbia v. Colonial Pipeline Company, 
Civil Action No. 97-1680-A, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
    In this action brought pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended 
by the Oil

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Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq., the United States, 
Commonwealth of Virginia and District of Columbia sought civil 
penalties and natural resource damages regarding a March 1993 oil 
discharge to Sugarland Run, a tributary of the Potomac River. The 
proposed decree requires Colonial Pipeline Company to perform 
comprehensive projects to restore natural resources that were damaged 
as a result of the oil discharge, reimbursing all assessment costs of 
the natural resource trustees, and monitoring and oversight costs 
associated with the projects. In addition, the decree requires Colonial 
Pipeline Company to pay $253,314 toward the notching of Little Falls 
Dam on the Potomac River, a joint project of the District of Columbia, 
State of Maryland and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and to pay a $1.5 
million civil penalty, $750,000 to the United States, and $750,000 to 
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the decree for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this 
notice. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, P.O. 
Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044 and refer to 
United States, Commonwealth of Virginia, and District of Columbia v. 
Colonial Pipeline Company, D.J. Ref. #90-5-1-1-4055.
    The decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 2100 Jamieson Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22314; the Region III Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, 
PA 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 624-0892. A copy of the decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). When 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $16.75 
(twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-29010 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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