[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62599-62600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19646]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 6, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas in United States v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater 
Drilling Inc., Civil Case No. 4:23-cv-03317 (S.D. Tex.).
    In this action, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, filed a complaint alleging that 
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (``Defendant'') violated 
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. by discharging 
without first obtaining coverage under the National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System General Permit for New and Existing Sources and New 
Dischargers in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction 
Point Source Category for the Western and Central Portion of the Outer 
Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG290000) (the ``General 
Permit''), violating terms and conditions of the General Permit, and 
exceeding effluent limitations prescribed by the General Permit. The 
complaint seeks an Order enjoining Defendant from further violating the 
CWA and the General Permit and requiring Defendant to pay a civil 
penalty.
    Under the proposed settlement, Defendant agrees to pay a civil 
penalty of $507,000 and to develop and implement a compliance system to 
ensure future compliance with the CWA and the General Permit. The 
compliance system will be subject to review by a third-party verifier.
    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

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Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. 
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-
12240. 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 e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, D.C. 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 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 $40.25 (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. 2023-19646 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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