[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 108 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12622]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and 
Oil Pollution Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 24, 
2004, a proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. GC 
Quality Lubricants, Inc., Georgia-Carolina Oil Company, Bay Street 
Corporation, and John Paul Jones, Jr., Civil Action No. 5:01cv03233HL 
(M.D. Ga.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Georgia.
    In this action the United States sought Clean Water Act (``CWA'') 
penalties, compliance with CWA oil pollution prevention regulations, 
and cost recovery under the Oil Pollution Act (``OPA'') for the United 
States' response costs for the removal conducted at the GC Quality 
Lubricants, Inc. (``GC'') petroleum-based lubricants facility in Macon, 
Georgia (``Facility''). The Decree provides for GC to consent to an 
allowed general unsecured claim of $3,000,000 for the cost recovery 
claim against GC, and to an allowed general unsecured claim of $325,000 
for the penalty claim against GC, both subject to approval by the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia in In 
re GC Quality Lubricants, Inc., No. 01-54952 RFH (Bankr. M.D. Ga.). The 
Decree also provides for a penalty of $75,000 against Settling 
Defendant Mr. Jones, and for Mr. Jones to consent to an allowed general 
unsecured claim of $3,000,000 for the cost recovery claim against him, 
subject to approval by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Middle District of Georgia in In re John Paul Jones, Jr., No. 01-55087-
RFH (Bankr. M.D. Ga.). The Decree further provides for injunctive 
relief, specifically, compliance at the Facility with oil pollution 
prevention regulations.
    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, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. GC Quality Lubricants, Inc., Georgia-Carolina Oil 
Company, Bay Street Corporation, and John Paul Jones, Jr., Civil Action 
No. 5:01cv03233HL (M.D. Ga.), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07033.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, 433 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia 
31201, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104. During the public comment 
period, the Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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 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 $8.75 (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. 04-12622 Filed 6-3-04; 8:45 am]
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