[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47478-47479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19111]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil 
Pollution Act

    On August 7, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania in a lawsuit entitled United States v. Estate 
of Michael C. Tranguch and Benito Tranguch, Executor of the Estate of 
Michael C. Tranguch, Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-01528.
    The proposed Consent Decree will resolve claims alleged under the 
Oil Pollution Act by the United States against the Estate of Michael C. 
Tranguch and Benito Tranguch, Executor of the Estate of Michael C. 
Tranguch for recovery of removal costs relating to discharges and 
substantial threat of discharges of oil from the Tranguch Gasoline 
Spill Site in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (the ``Site''). Under the proposed 
Consent Decree, the

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Defendants will sell property at the Site and pay the net proceeds of 
that sale to the United States. In addition, the Defendants have agreed 
to certain access requirements and use restrictions at the Site 
designed to protect the Site remedy, and are required to record an 
environmental covenant on the Site property that they own so that the 
access requirements and use restrictions will run with the land in 
perpetuity. The proposed Consent Decree is based on Defendants' limited 
ability to pay, as determined by a qualified financial analyst.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Estate of Michael C. Tranguch and 
Benito Tranguch, Executor of the Estate of Michael C. Tranguch, D.J. 
Reference No. 90-5-1-1-10584. 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 email........................  [email protected]
By mail.........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ--
                                   ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
                                   20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
    We will provide a paper copy of the proposed 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 $29.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $9.00.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-19111 Filed 8-12-14; 8:45 am]
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