[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5756]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act

    Under 28 C.F.R. Sec.  50.7 notice is hereby given that on February 
19, 2003 a proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. 
Route 109 Service Stations, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. CV-98-7406, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of New York.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for violations of the Underground Storage Tank 
(``UST'') regulations at 32 facilities located in the Greater New York 
Metropolitan area. The Decree requires the ten corporate defendants and 
an individual defendant to pay a civil penalty in the amount of 
$310,000, remain in compliance with UST regulations, provide a 
Certification of Compliance within thirty days of entry of the Decree 
and pay stipulated penalties in the event of noncompliance with any 
provisions of the Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Route 109 Service Stations, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-7-1-920.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, One Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor, Brooklyn, New York, and at 
U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York. A copy of the 
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 $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Stanley N. Alpert,
Chief, Environmental Litigation, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern 
District of New York, One Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201.
[FR Doc. 03-5756 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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