[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22670]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act 
and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Chevron 
USA, Inc., Civil No. 99-12216-DT was lodged on August 23, 2000, with 
the United States District Court for Central District of California.
    The consent decree settles claims for civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against Chevron for: (1) Civil penalties and 
injunctive relief pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7413(b), based on Chevron's violations of Rule 1142 of the South 
Coast Air Quality Management District Rules as incorporated into 
California's State Implementation Plan (``SIP''), and (2) injunctive 
relief pursuant to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 
of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1401-1445, based on Chevron's unpermitted 
transportation of material for disposition into the ocean. Pursuant to 
the consent decree Chevron will pay a civil penalty of $6 million and 
perform two supplemental environmental projects valued at $1 million.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Chevron USA, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-06559.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, for the Central District of California, 300 
North Los Angeles Street, Room 7516, Los Angeles, California 90012; and 
the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA. A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22670 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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