[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 57383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23092]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 12, 2008, a proposed 
consent decree (the ``Decree'') in United States and State of Oregon v. 
Truax Oil, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:08-cv-01063-KI, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
    In this action the United States and State of Oregon sought civil 
penalties for Defendant Truax Oil's spill of approximately 11,000 
gallons of oil from a tanker truck owned and operated by Truax. Truax 
owns and operates a liquid petroleum transport company based in 
Corvallis, Oregon. On March 11, 2006, a tanker truck owned and operated 
by Truax carrying approximately 9,000 gallons of gasoline and 2,000 
gallons of diesel fuel overturned while traveling on U.S. Highway 5, at 
Milepost 118, near Roseburg, Oregon. Gasoline and diesel that did not 
ignite in the ensuing fire spilled into a soil embankment beside the 
highway and migrated to an unnamed tributary to Roberts Creek, a 
tributary of the South Fork of the Umpqua River. Truax's discharge of 
gasoline and diesel to the Umpqua River and its tributaries violated 
the Clean Water Act and Oregon law. Under the consent decree, Truax 
will pay the United States and the State of Oregon civil penalties of 
$117,500 and $20,000, respectively.
    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 and State of Oregon v. Truax Oil, Inc., Civil Action No. 
3:08-cv-01063-KI, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09015.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, 1000 S.W. Third 
Avenue, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97204, and at U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 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, 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. When requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 
(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.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-23092 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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