[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52615-52616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22536]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7 notice is hereby given that on August 11, 2003, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Groendyke Transport, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 01-M-1821 (CBS) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Colorado.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties for alleged 
violations of Section 311(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, also known as the Clean Water Act (the Act), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3), 
as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA''), resulting from 
discharges of gasoline and asphalt into waters of the United States. 
The first spill occurred on December 5, 1998,

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and resulted in the discharge of approximately 8,700 gallons of 
gasoline into the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The second 
spill occurred on March 31, 2000, and resulted in the discharge of 
approximately 5,000 gallons of asphalt into Clear Creek, near Golden, 
Colorado.
    Pursuant to the consent decree, Groendyke Transport Inc., 
(``Groendyke'') will pay the sum of $48,475 to the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and spend $90,025 in the performance of a Supplemental 
Environmental Project (SEP). The SEP involves Groendyke's purchase of 
equipment and the funding of training for the South Adams County Fire 
District so that it will be able to respond more effectively to future 
spills of petroleum and other hazardous substances. The area served by 
the South Adams County Fire District includes portions of the South 
Platte River watershed, the area impacted by the gasoline spill.
    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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Groendyke Transport, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-M-1821 
(CBS) (D. Colo.), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07293.
    The consent decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. 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 from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22536 Filed 9-3-03; 8:45 am]
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