[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11401]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 22, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Syd H. Levine, et al., Civil No. 4:97CV-169-
M, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Kentucky.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for numerous violations of Section 1423(b) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300h-2(b), and its implementing 
Underground Injection Control regulations for Kentucky, 40 CFR part 
144. The alleged violations include [violations of an Administration 
Order on Consent entered into in] August 1990 by EPA and defendant 
Doofus Oil, doing business as Syd H. Levine and Associates, as the 
operator of underground injection wells owned by Hel-leva, Poor Boy, 
and Levine Development. In settlement of these allegations, the 
defendants will conduct mechanical integrity tests on their 52 
underground injection wells that are the subject of this action under a 
compliance schedule set forth in 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 
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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Syd H. Levine, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4391.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, 510 W. Broadway, 10th Floor, Louisville, Kentucky, and 
at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, 
Atlanta, Georgia. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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 or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected],) fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $10.25 (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. 03-11401 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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