[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 1085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-142]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 21, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Marathon Pipe Line Company, LLC, 
Civil Action No. 3:11-CV-01123, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for Southern District of Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought to recover from Marathon 
natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2710, 
et seq., which arose from an alleged August 2008 discharge, from a 
subsurface pipeline owned by Marathon, of 5,000 barrels of crude oil 
into a forested wetland within the watershed of a tributary to the 
Wabash River and Ohio River. Under the proposed Decree, Marathon will: 
(1) Pay a total of $90,629 to the United States in reimbursement of the 
costs incurred in assessing the natural resource damages; (2) restore 
approximately 7.1 acres of forested wetland; (3) restore an additional 
14.2 acres of adjacent agricultural fields and convert the fields into 
hardwood forest; and (4) install bat houses and wood duck boxes to help 
mitigate damage to the natural habitats of affected species.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comment relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed 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. Marathon Pipe Line Company, LLC, No. 3:11-CV-01123 
(S.D. Ill.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10296.
    During the public 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 emailing a request to Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, fax no. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547, email 
[email protected]. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $16.50 for a copy of 
the complete Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction cost), 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-142 Filed 1-6-12; 8:45 am]
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