[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 236 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 88705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29397]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 2, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Wyoming in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Jim's Water 
Service, Inc., Civil Action No. 16-cv-296-S.
    The United States filed this action under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, mitigation, 
and a civil penalty for failure to comply with an Administrative Order 
(``AO) issued to the Defendant by the Environmental Protection Agency 
in 2008. The AO was aimed at redressing conditions endangering wildlife 
at the Defendant's commercial oilfield waste disposal facility known as 
the Werner Facility in Converse County, Wyoming. In return for a 
covenant not to sue, the Defendant is obligated under the Consent 
Decree to take measures to prevent future endangering conditions at the 
Werner Facility; to implement a mitigation project at Burlington Lake 
in Gillette, Wyoming consisting of construction of an artificial island 
to enhance nesting and bird habitat; and to pay a civil penalty of 
$90,000.
    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. Jim's Water Service, Inc., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-7-1-10446. 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, DC 20044-7611.
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    Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a commenter may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area.
    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 $10.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-29397 Filed 12-7-16; 8:45 am]
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