[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 36575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14815]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 29, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Enterprise Products Operating and Mid-
America Pipeline Company, Civ. A. No. 12-190, was lodged with the 
United States Court for the District of Nebraska.
    The Complaint filed in this action asserts claims against the 
Defendants pursuant to Sections 301, 309 and 311 of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1319, 1321, stemming from three discharges of 
natural gasoline from a pipeline owned and operated by Defendants that 
occurred in 2007, 2010 and 2011 in Yutan, Nebraska, Niles, Kansas, and 
Onawa, Iowa respectively. The Consent Decree requires the Defendants to 
undertake specified measures to improve their reporting of spills from 
the pipeline and prevent pipeline ruptures caused by third parties. 
Defendants will also pay a civil penalty of $1,042,000 for the 
discharges.
    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 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. Enterprise Products Operating and Mid-America Pipeline 
Company, 90-5-1-1-06074/1.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to 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 ``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 by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
requesting by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the 
Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-14815 Filed 6-18-12; 8:45 am]
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