[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 36003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14664]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Siemens Industry, Inc., et al., Civil Action 
No. 1:12-cv-00729 was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Delaware.
    The complaint in this matter alleges that defendants violated 
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act at an oil recycling, storage and 
distribution facility in Wilmington, Delaware through their failure to 
prepare and implement an adequate Facility Response Plan, failing to 
provide an adequate secondary containment system, and failing to 
prepare and implement an adequate Spill Prevention, Control, and 
Countermeasure Plan.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires defendants to take appropriate 
actions to comply with Section 311 of the CWA and implementing 
regulations at 40 CFR part 112, particularly to insure compliance with 
secondary containment requirements and Spill Prevention, Control and 
Countermeasure Plan requirements. Defendants will also pay a $300,000 
civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emails 
to 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. Siemens Industry, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09287.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 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 ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]) fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number: (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, please forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-14664 Filed 6-14-12; 8:45 am]
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