[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46974-46975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19274]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 30, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Arkansas in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, and SALA Gathering Systems, LLC, Case 
No. 1:18-cv-01040-SOH.

[[Page 46975]]

    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
under Sections 301(a), 311(b) and 311(j) of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1311(a), 1321(b), and 1321(j), as well as the State of Arkansas' 
claims under Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Act, Ark. Code Ann. 
Sec. Sec.  8-7-201-227, the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control 
Act, Ark. Code Ann. Sec. Sec.  8-4-101-409, and Arkansas Pollution 
Control and Ecology Commission Regulations 2.409 and 2.410. The claims 
arose from Defendants' operation of an oil storage and transfer station 
in Magnolia, Arkansas, and an oil spill that occurred at the facility 
on March 8, 2013. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants have 
agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2,255,460.00 and perform injunctive 
relief measures to resolve the United States' and State of Arkansas' 
claims.
    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 Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, and SALA Gathering 
Systems, LLC, Case No. 1:18-cv-01040-SOH, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11308. 
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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $14.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-19274 Filed 9-5-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P