[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14358-14359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04968]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    On February 26, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 
Adirondack Energy Products, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 11-cv-213 
(TJM).
    The settlement relates to eight retail gasoline service stations 
and/or petroleum bulk storage stations located in New York that are 
owned and operated by the Defendants. The Defendants include Adirondack 
Energy Products, Inc.; Mountain Mart 104, LLC; Mountain Mart 
105, LLC; Mountain Mart 106, LLC; Mountain Mart 
107, LLC; and Mountain Mart 108, LLC.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the United States 
under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by various laws 
including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act related to the 
facilities that are the subject of the complaint. Under the proposed 
Consent Decree, the Defendants will pay a civil penalty in the amount 
of $46,000 to the United. In addition, the Consent Decree requires the 
installation of fully automated

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electronic release detection monitoring equipment on the UST systems 
and associated piping owned and/or operated by Defendants at the 
facilities that are the subject of the Consent Decree. The Consent 
Decree includes three supplemental environmental projects requiring the 
Defendants to (1) Centralized monitoring equipment to collect the data 
generated by the electronic release detection system; (2) conduct a 
third-party environmental compliance audit of each facility; and (3) 
conduct a community outreach seminar to educate regulated UST owners 
and/or operators regarding the federal regulations that apply to the 
operation and maintenance of UST systems.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Adirondack Energy Products, Inc., et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-09900. All comments must be submitted no 
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail.........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General
                                    U.S. DOJ--ENRD
                                    P.O. Box 7611
                                    Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $12.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-04968 Filed 3-4-13; 8:45 am]
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