[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57691-57692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27935]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[ALJ 99-OOO5-CIV]
In the Matter of D-O-R Production Management, LLC
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed penalty; opportunity to participate.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard gives notice of and provides an opportunity to
participate or file comments on the proposed assessment of a Class II
administrative penalty against D-O-R Production Management, LLC, (D-O-
R), for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA).
The alleged violations involve three oil spills that occurred at D-O-
R's offshore XPLOR Energy Production facility and wells at Main Pass
Block Thirty-five and occurred over the period starting on or about
June 10, 1999 and continued through and including June 12, 1999.
Interested persons may participate or file comments in this proceeding.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard no later than November 26,
1999.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Hearing Docket Clerk,
Administrative Law Judge Docketing Center, United States Coast Guard,
40 South Gay Street, Room 412, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4022. Comments
may also be personally delivered to Room 412 at the same address
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The telephone number is (410) 962-7434. You may also fax your
comments to (410) 962-1742.
The Administrative Law Judge Docketing Center maintains the public
docket for this matter. Comments will become part of this docket and
will be available for inspection or copying in Room 412 at the address
listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. George J. Jordan, Director of
Judicial Administration, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
Commandant (G-CJ), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is (202) 267-2940.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written
comments. Persons submitting comments should include their name,
address, identify this document (ALJ 99-0005-CIV), and state the reason
for each specific comment. Please submit all comments and attachments
in an unbound format on white paper no longer than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic filing. Persons wanting
acknowledgment or receipt of comments should enclose self-addressed,
stamped postcards or envelopes.
Discussion
This is a Class II civil penalty proceeding brought under section
311(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq.)(FWPCA), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
1321). The FWPCA requires the Coast Guard to publish notice of the
proposed issuance of an order assessing a Class II civil penalty in the
Federal Register.
If you wish to be an interested person, you must file written
comments on the proceeding or written notice of intent to present
evidence at any hearing held in this Class II civil penalty proceeding
with the Hearing Docket Clerk.
The following table explains how interested persons may participate
in a Class II civil penalty proceeding.
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If-- Then--
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a hearing is scheduled................. You will be given
Notice of any hearing;
A reasonable
opportunity to be heard and to
present evidence during any
hearing; and
Notice and a copy of
the decision 33 CFR 20.404
the proceeding is concluded without a You may petition the Commandant
hearing.. of the Coast Guard to set
aside the order and to provide
a hearing.
You must file the petition
within 30 days after issuance
of the administrative law
judge's order. 33 CFR 20.1102
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You can find the regulations concerning Class II civil penalty
proceedings in 33 CFR part 20.
This proceeding (ALJ 99-0005-CIV) results from three separate oil
spill incidents that occurred at the XPLOR Energy Production facility
and wells operated by D-O-R located at Main Pass Block Thirty-five,
over the period starting on or about June 10, 1999 and continuing
through and including June 12, 1999. The Coast Guard alleges the
offshore production facility located at Main Pass Block Thirty-five
overflowed two oil storage tanks and spilled or discharged five gallons
of oil into the contiguous waters of the United States on or about
1600, June 10,1999.
The Coast Guard further alleges that a ruptured flow line located
near the well head on well number seventy-two at Main Pass Block
Thirty-five spilled or discharged an unknown quantity of oil into the
contiguous waters of the United States beginning on or about 1500, June
11, 1999 and continuing to and including June 12, 1999.
The Coast Guard further alleges that a ruptured hydraulic oil line
located on a crane at the offshore facility at Main Pass Block Thirty-
five spilled or discharged five gallons of oil into the contiguous
waters of the United States on or about 1600, June 11, 1999.
The Coast Guard further alleges that unapproved chemical agents
were used to clean up the hydraulic oil spilled from the ruptured
hydraulic line on the
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crane at the offshore facility and that the Respondent improperly
disposed of the recovered oil and oil contaminated materials.
The Coast Guard further alleges that D-O-R failed to immediately
notify the National Response Center for the three oil spills that
occurred over the period starting on or about 10 June, 1999 and
continued to and including June 12,1999.
The Coast Guard filed the complaint on October 4, 1999 at New
Orleans, LA.
The Respondent is D-O-R Production Management, LLC. 106 Oil Center
Drive, Suite 214, Post Office Drawer 53829, Lafayette, LA 70505.
The Coast Guard seeks a civil penalty of $88,000.
Dated: October 20, 1999.
George J. Jordan,
Director of Judicial Administration, Office of the Chief Administrative
Law Judge, United States Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 99-27935 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
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