[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64415-64416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26504]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree; Under the Clean Water Act, 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and State of California Law

    Notice is hereby given that on September 23, 2002, a proposed 
consent

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decree in United States and State of California v. ExxonMobil Oil 
Corp., Civil Action No. 2:02cv07408 MMM (MANx), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Central District of California.
    The consent decree resolves claims against defendant ExxonMobil Oil 
Corporation arising from a spill from an oil pipeline in Southern 
California, operated by Mobil Oil Corporation, the predecessor of 
defendant ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, the predecessor of defendant 
ExxonMobil Oil Corporation (``ExxonMobil''). The proposed complaint 
seeks recovery by the United States of natural resource damages and 
civil penalties under Section 311 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321, and 
Sections 1002 and 1006 of OPA, 33 U.S.C. 2702, 2706, and recovery by 
the State of California of natural resource damages, civil penalties, 
and other damages under State of California law. The proposed consent 
decree resolves those claims in consideration of a total payment by 
ExxonMobil of $4.7 million, consisting of $3.45 million in natural 
resource damages, damage assessment costs, and planning and oversight 
costs; $600,000 in federal civil penalties, and $650,000 in state civil 
penalties and damages.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and State of California v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-06971.
    The consent decree may be examined at the offices of U.S. EPA 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. A copy 
of the consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. 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. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-26504 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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