[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40687-40688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14568]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 30, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of New York in a lawsuit entitled United States v. Chestnut 
Petroleum Distributors, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 19 Civ. 3904 
(PHM) (JCM).

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    In this action, the United States sought, as provided under 
Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and its 
related regulations (the ``Underground Storage Tank Regulations''), 
penalties and injunctive relief for the failure of defendants Chestnut 
Petroleum Distributors, Inc., CPD Energy Corp., CPD NY Energy Corp., 
Chestnut Mart of Gardiner, Inc., Chestnut Marts, Inc., Greenburgh Food 
Mart, Inc., Middletown Food Mart, Inc., and NJ Energy Corp. to comply 
with the Underground Storage Tank Regulations at twenty gas stations 
within the Southern District of New York and adjoining districts. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims and requires 
defendants to pay a civil penalty of $187,500 and comply with various 
injunctive measures.
    The publication of this notice opens the public comment period on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to Jeffrey 
Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Chestnut 
Petroleum Distributors, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 19 Civ. 3904 
(PHM) (JCM), D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-11162. All comments must be submitted no 
later than 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...................................  Jeffrey Bossert Clark,
                                             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 paper copies 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please email 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 $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-14568 Filed 7-6-20; 8:45 am]
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