[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 226 (Friday, November 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70673-70674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27720]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in the case of United States and State of North Carolina v. 
Plantation Pipeline Company, Docket No. 3:08-cv-500, was lodged with 
the United States

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District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
    In this proceeding, the United States filed claims pursuant to the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251-1387, for civil penalties and 
injunctive relief resulting from four discharges of oil from pipelines 
owned and/or operated by the Defendant in the States of Georgia, North 
Carolina, and Virginia, during the period January 2000 to November 
2006. The Consent Decree also resolves a claim that Defendant failed to 
prepare and implement a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure 
Plan for a Virginia facility, as required by 40 CFR 112.3. Pursuant to 
the Consent Decree, Defendant agrees to pay civil penalties of $715,000 
plus interest to the United States, and $10,000 plus interest to the 
State of North Carolina. Defendant also agrees to perform work on its 
pipeline system to address the causes of the spills.
    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: U.S. v. Plantation Pipeline Company, DJ. Ref. 90-5-1-1-08337. The 
Consent Decree may be examined at: U.S. EPA Region III, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, c/o 
Natalie Katz, Esq.; at U.S. EPA Region IV, Office of Regional Counsel, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-8960, c/o Joan Redleaf 
Durbin, Esq.; and at the United States Attorney's Office for the 
Western District of North Carolina, 227 West Trade Street, Charlotte, 
NC 28202, c/o Sid Alexander, Esq.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined at 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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (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.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-27720 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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