[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 39964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14976]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 
Oil Pollution Act and Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law

    Notice is hereby given that on June 24, 2004, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States and The Mississippi Commission on 
Environmental Quality v. Genesis Energy, Inc., Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., 
and Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P. (S.D. Miss.), Civil Action No. 
2:04cv217BN, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Mississippi.
    In this action, the United States and the State of Mississippi 
(``State'') sought the assessment of penalties under the Clean Water 
Act and Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law ``MAWPCL''), 
and restoration and compensation for injuries and losses to natural 
resources under the Oil Pollution Act and MAWPCL, due to the discharge 
in 1999 of approximately 336,000 gallons of crude oil from a ruptured 
pipeline owned and operated by Defendants and located near Soso, Jones 
County, Mississippi. The Decree provides for Defendants to pay a $1 
million civil penalty, of which $500,000 is to be paid to the United 
States and $500,000 is to be paid to the State, and for Defendants to 
perform a land acquisition and conservation supplemental environmental 
project at a cost of at least $2 million. In addition, the Decree 
provides for Defendants to conduct natural resource restoration 
projects, and to pay at least $110,137.57 to Federal and State natural 
resource trustees for costs of associated oversight, a wood duck 
nesting project, and past natural resource damages assessment costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of fifteen (15) 
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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality 
v. Genesis Energy, Inc., Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., and Genesis Pipeline 
USA, L.P. (S.D. Miss.), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07553.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 188 E. Capitol St., Jackson, Mississippi 39201, 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 $39.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy exclusive of 
exhibits, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-14976 Filed 6-30-04; 8:45 am]
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