[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 73835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30053]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Agreement 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 Settlement Agreement 
and Final Judgment on Consent (``Settlement Agreement'') in United 
States v. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. et al. (Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-0262), 
which was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana on November 19, 2015.
    The Complaint in this case was filed against ATP Oil & Gas 
Corporation (``ATP'') and ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (``ATP-IP'') 
in February 2013. The Complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive 
relief under the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') and injunctive relief under 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (``OCSLA'') related to 
unauthorized discharges of oil and chemicals from an oil platform, the 
ATP Innovator, into the Gulf of Mexico. ATP is going through a Chapter 
7 bankruptcy proceeding and is no longer operating.
    Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, ATP agrees to a final 
civil penalty judgment of $38 million for multiple alleged violations 
of the Clean Water Act. The penalty judgment will be treated as an 
allowed unsecured claim in ATP's bankruptcy proceeding. A prior 
settlement approved by the district court in May 2015 resolved the 
claims against ATP-IP and secured penalties as well as OCSLA and CWA 
injunctive relief related to the safe future operation of the ATP 
Innovator in U.S. waters.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. et al. (Civil 
Action No. 2:13-cv-0262), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10681/1. 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 proposed Settlement Agreement 
may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: 
http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $3.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-30053 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am]
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