[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 32777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12170]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990

    On May 18, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Maine in the lawsuit entitled United States of America and State of 
Maine v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco Inc., Chevron Environmental 
Management Company, Cumberland Farms, Inc., and Gulf Oil Limited 
Partnership, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00256-DBH.
    In the Complaint, Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants are liable 
to the United States and the State of Maine under Section 1002(a) and 
(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2702 (a) and (b), and 
to the State of Maine under the Maine Oil Discharge Prevention and 
Pollution Control Law, 38 M.R.S. Sec.  552, for damages for injury to, 
destruction of, loss of, or loss of use of, Natural Resources, 
including the reasonable cost of assessing the damages, resulting from 
discharges of oil that occurred starting at least as early as the 1970s 
at the former Chevron and Texaco marine oil terminal facilities 
located, respectively, at 799 and 809 Main Road North in Hampden, 
Maine. The Consent Decree requires the Defendants to pay $880,000 to be 
used by the Plaintiffs for restoration of Natural Resources, and 
$42,862 to the United States for reimbursement of Natural Resource 
Damages assessment costs.
    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 of America and State of Maine v. Chevron 
U.S.A. Inc., Texaco Inc., Chevron Environmental Management Company, 
Cumberland Farms, Inc., and Gulf Oil Limited Partnership, D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-11302. 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, 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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $7.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-12170 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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