[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 120 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35151-35152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13935]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United 
States will receive public comments on a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Magellan Pipeline Company L.P. (Civil Action No. 08-
CV2272 JAR/DJW), which was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Kansas on June 16, 2008. This proposed Consent 
Decree was lodged simultaneously with the Complaint in this Clean Water 
Act case against Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P.
    The Complaint alleges that Magellan is civilly liable for violation 
of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as amended by 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. The 
Complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive relief for eleven 
discharges of gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum products into 
navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines from the 
Pipeline in the states of Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and 
Arkansas. The Complaint also alleges that Defendant violated EPA's 
Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasure regulations issued 
pursuant to section 311(j) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), at two 
terminal facilities located in Roca, Nebraska and Coralville, Iowa. 
Under the settlement, Magellan will pay a civil penalty of $5.3 
million. In addition, the settlement requires Magellan to undertake 
various measures aimed to prevent and expedite detection of pipeline 
leaks and ruptures.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and may be submitted to: 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
or via e-mail to [email protected], and should refer to 
United States v. Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
06074/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Kansas, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. Main, 
Wichita, KS 67202. During the public comment period the Magellan 
Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://

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www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Magellan 
Consent Decree also may 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 $49.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-13935 Filed 6-19-08; 8:45 am]
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