[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]
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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.
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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:
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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 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]
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