[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11267]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act 33 
U.S.C. 1301, et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that on April 23, 1999 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Sinclair Oil Corporation, Civil 
Action No. 98 CV 166B, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Wyoming. The United States filed this action 
pursuant to Sections 301 and 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended by 
the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 1301 and 1321, as amended by the oil 
pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 1301 and 1321, seeking injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for the Defendant's discharge of oil from a rupture in 
its underground pipeline into a navigable water of the United States in 
violation of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the Defendant to either: (i) 
Repair and replace all sections of its pipeline manufactured by the 
same company that manufactured the ruptured pipe; or (ii) perform an 
ultrasonic ``smart'' pig of these portions of the pipeline, and repair 
or replace those portions as indicated by the results of the smart pig. 
In addition, Sinclair will pay a civil penalty of $29,000, including 
interest, to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Finally, Sinclair will 
perform a Supplemental Environmental Project involving the replacement 
of 1000 feet of pipe from one of Sinclair's underground pipelines which 
passes under Casper Creek--a navigable water within a few miles of the 
spill site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 v. Sinclair 
Oil Corporation, Civil Action No. 98 CV 166B, and D.J. Ref. #90-5-1-1-
4424.
    The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of 
Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field 
Office, 999 -18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado,80202 
and the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington D.C. 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the Decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 2005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $10 for the Decree (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11267 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
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