[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 38468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15220]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2008, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. John B. Knight, Jr.; Robert D. Brown; 
National Petroleum Marketing, Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.; and Navajo 
Trails, Inc., Civil No. CIV-04-0626-PHX-JWS, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Arizona.
    This Consent Decree resolves claims asserted by the United States 
in a complaint filed on March 30, 2004, against the settling defendants 
for civil penalties under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 
42 U.S.C. 6991-6992, for failure to conduct corrosion tests every three 
years; failure to report a suspected release within twenty-four hours; 
failure to investigate suspected releases within seven days; failure to 
monitor tanks every thirty days; failure to utilize a valid release 
detection method; failure to provide adequate release detection for 
piping; failure to maintain financial responsibility; and failure to 
respond to information request letters.
    The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment to the United 
States of $55,000 in civil penalties.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. John B. Knight, Jr.; Robert D. Brown; National 
Petroleum Marketing, Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.; and Navajo Trails, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-08112.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Two Renaissance Square, 40 
N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408, and at U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. 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/Consent_Decrees.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, D.C. 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
number (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 $4.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury, or if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-15220 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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