Notice of Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act

Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v.

Atlantic Pipeline Co. And Sun Pipeline Co. Civil

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Action No. 96-583 (W.D. Pa.), was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 30,

1997.

In this action the United States sought civil penalties under

Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1321(b)(3) for

a discharge of gasoline from a pipeline into a pond and unnamed

tributary of the West Branch of Richard Run near the Village of

Robinson, Pennsylvania in May 1994. The consent decree provides that

the defendants will pay a civil penalty of $40,000 to the United

States. The defendants have already paid a civil penalty of $40,000 to

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regarding the subject discharge.

The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to

the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Atlantic Pipeline Co. And Sun

Pipeline Co., DJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4317.

Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office

of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; the Region III

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.

A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained in person or by mail

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202-624-0892). When requesting a copy by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (twenty-five cents per

page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98-1709 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]

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