[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 52043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20792]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United 
States will receive public comments on a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-
0532), which was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Louisiana on August 26, 2014.
    The Complaint in this Clean Water Act case was filed against 
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (``ExxonMobil'') concurrently with the 
lodging of the proposed Consent Decree. The Complaint alleges that 
ExxonMobil is civilly liable for violation of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1321. The Complaint seeks civil penalties for the 
discharge of harmful quantities of crude oil into navigable waters of 
the United States or adjoining shorelines from ExxonMobil's ``North 
Line'' pipeline near Torbert, Louisiana, on April 28, 2012. The 
Complaint alleges that at least 2,800 barrels of oil were discharged 
from the pipeline during the spill event. The oil spilled into the 
surrounding area and flowed into an unnamed tributary connected to 
Bayou Cholpe. Under the settlement, ExxonMobil will pay a civil penalty 
of $1,427,120. ExxonMobil also is completing cleanup actions pursuant 
to an administrative order issued by the Louisiana Department of 
Environmental Quality and continues to do follow-up work and operate 
under a Corrective Action Order issued by the United States Department 
of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
    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. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10941. 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.usdoj.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 $4.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-20792 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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