[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47468-47469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16604]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 27, 2022, the Department of Justice and the Oklahoma 
Department of Environmental Quality lodged a proposed Consent Decree 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States of America and Oklahoma 
Department of Environmental Quality v. January Environmental Services, 
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 5:20-cv-1205. The Complaint, which was 
docketed on December 1, 2020, alleges that the defendants, January 
Environmental Services, Inc., January Transport, Inc., and the 
president of both companies, Cris January, are civilly liable for

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multiple violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) and associated regulations at the defendants' used oil 
transportation and processing facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 
violations were discovered in a series of inspections by the Oklahoma 
Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the companies and Cris January 
will pay $1,900,000 in civil penalties. The penalty payments will be 
split evenly between the United States and ODEQ. The Consent Decree 
also requires the defendants to perform corrective measures to bring 
the facility into compliance with RCRA and applicable regulations and 
to ensure compliance going forward. These measures include complying 
with all the regulations applicable to used oil transporters and 
processors, using proper methods to test for the potential presence of 
hazardous waste in used oil, characterizing wastes mixed with used oil 
filters prior to disposal or processing to determine whether the waste 
is hazardous, properly disposing of hazardous waste, hiring an 
independent engineer to evaluate the facility's spill prevention and 
containment preparedness, preparing and updating required reports and 
plans, training employees, and submitting periodic compliance reports 
to ODEQ and EPA.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed 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 Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality v. January Environmental Services, Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 5:20-cv-1205, D.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-12085. All comments 
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication 
date of this notice. Comments may be submitted by either 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 proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed 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 $12.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-16604 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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