[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10932-10933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5753]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and Clean 
Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 1, 2002, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corp., Civil Action No. H-02-0387 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties related to the natural gas pipeline owned and operated by 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. (Transco) which stretches from 
Texas to New York. In the Complaint, the United States seeks injunctive 
relief and civil penalties pursuant to Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 3008(a), (g), and (h), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a), 
(g), and (h); Clean Water Act (CWA) section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a); 
and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections 6 and 17, 15 U.S.C. 
2605 and 2616. The United States resolves these claims in the proposed 
Consent Decree which also requires Transco to perform corrective action 
consisting of soil and groundwater cleanup of hazardous wastes along 
its pipeline; perform PCB cleanup work; complete a stormwater discharge 
monitoring program; and pay a civil penalty of $1.4 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., No. H-02-0387 
(S.D. Tex.), D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-909.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 910 Travis, Suite 
1500, Houston, TX 77002, and at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
Information Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 4033, 
Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 
A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, 
fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. When 
requesting a full copy with all exhibits, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $85.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury. When requesting a copy without exhibits, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $16.25 (25 cents per

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page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas Mariani,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5753 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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