[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35671-35672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13904]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that on May 11, 2000, two proposed Consent 
Decrees (``Decrees'') in the United States v. Natural Gas Processing 
Company and KCS Resources, Inc. d/b/a/ Mountain Resources, Inc., Civ. 
Action No. CV 00-65-RFC, were lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division. The United 
States filed this action pursuant to Section 1423(b) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (``SDWA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300h-2(b), seeking 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for the Defendants' violation of 
various provisions of Part C of the SDWA and of 40 CFR part 144.
    The proposed Consent Decree with the Natural Gas Processing Company 
(``NGP'') requires NGP to pay a civil penalty of $54,000, including 
interest. The proposed Consent Decree with KCS Resources, Inc. d/b/a/ 
Mountain Resources, Inc. (``KCS'') requires KCS to pay a civil penalty 
of $25,000, including interest, and to perform a Supplemental 
Environmental Project involving the plugging of one or more abandon 
Class II Underground Injection Control wells in Montana.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Natural Gas Processing Company and KCS 
Resources Inc. d/b/a Mountain Resources, Inc., Civ. Action No. CV 00-
65-RFC, and D.J. Ref. #90-5-1-1-4401.
    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, Denver, Colorado 80202. 
Copies of the Decrees may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC

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20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $4.25 for the Natural Gas Processing Company Decree and $11.25 for 
the KCS Mountain Resources, Inc. Decree (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-13904 Filed 6-2-00; 8:45 am]
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