[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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