[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1835]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Re-Published Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice gives 
notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Mobil Oil 
Corporation, No. CV-96-1432 (E.D.N.Y.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on December 
13, 2001, pertaining to the payment of a civil penalty, compliance and 
other injunctive relief, and implementation of a supplemental 
environmental project in connection with the Mobil Oil Corporation's 
(``Mobil'') violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 
42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., at the Port Mobil facility in Staten Island, 
New York City, New York. Notice of this proposed consent decree was 
published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2002 (67 FR 109). This 
notice is being re-published, and the public comment period extended, 
because of continuing serious disruptions of mail delivery at the 
Department of Justice in Washington, DC that have resulted from 
measures taken in response to the receipt of anthrax-contaminated mail 
in various facilities. Persons who submitted comments to the address 
given in the January 2, 2002 notice should assume they have not been 
received and should resubmit them to the address given below.
    Under the proposed consent decree, Mobil will pay a civil penalty 
of $8.2 million, will agree to comply with RCRA at the Port Mobil 
facility and implement corrective action as directed by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, will agree to refrain from making 
certain legal arguments under specified circumstances, and will agree 
to implement a supplemental environmental project--purchasing land for 
preservation in the Staten Island or New York City harbor area--at a 
cost of at least $3 million. the Consent Decree includes a release of 
claims alleged in the complaint.
    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. Commenters may request an opportunity for a 
public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with RCRA section 
7003(d), 42 U.S.C. 6973(d). Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
United States Department of Justice, should refer to United States v. 
Mobil Oil Corporation, No. CV-96-1432 (E.D.N.Y.) and to DOJ Reference 
No. 90-7-1-794, and should be submitted in one of the following ways: 
(1) By mail c/o the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, One Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201; or (2) by 
facsimile to (202) 353-0296; or (3) by overnight delivery, other than 
through the U.S. Postal Service, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement 
Section, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. 
Any comments that were submitted by mail to the Assistant Attorney 
General at the Department of Justice address in Washington, DC 20530, 
should be re-submitted in one of the three ways listed above, in order 
to ensure that they are considered.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, One 
Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201, (718) 254-7000; and (2) the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 2), 290 Broadway, 
New York, New York 10007 (contact Stuart Keith, Office of Regional 
Counsel). A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by 
faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (202) 616-6584 (phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547). There is a charge for the copy. When you 
request a copy, please mail a check payable to ``U.S. Treasury'' in the 
amount of $6.00 (24 pages at 25 cents per page copying costs) to: 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. The check 
should refer to United States v. Mobil Oil Corporation, No. CV-96-1432 
(E.D.N.Y.) and to DOJ Reference No. 90-7-1-794.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1835 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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