[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30545]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act 
(OPA)

    Notice is hereby given that on November 25, 2008, a proposed 
Consent Decree in the case of U.S., et al. v. Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 08-5710, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Washington.
    The United States, the State of Washington, the Muckleshoot Indian 
Tribe and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians filed a complaint concurrently 
with the Consent Decree alleging that on November 3, 2006, the Crystal 
Mountain Emergency Generation Facility, an electrical generating 
facility owned and operated by Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (``PSE'') in 
Pierce County, Washington, discharged approximately 429 barrels of 
diesel fuel into waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines. 
The complaint seeks natural resource damages pursuant to Section 
1002(a) of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S. Sec.  2702(a). Under the 
Consent Decree, PSE will pay $512,856.59 for natural resource damages 
and $49,614.47 to reimburse damage assessment costs.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive 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. In either case, the 
comments should refer to U.S., et al. v. Puget Sound Energy, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09177/1.
    During the comment period, the Consent Decree may 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. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States 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 Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-30545 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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