Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act and the National Park Service Resource Protection Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act

and the National Park Service Resource Protection Act

Notice is hereby given that the United States, on behalf of the

United States Departments of Commerce and Interior, and the State of

Hawaii, lodged a proposed Consent Decree in the United States District

Court for the District of Hawaii, in United States v. Chevron Products

Division, Civil Action No. 99-00410-DAE-LEK, on June 3, 1999. This

Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States and the State

of Hawaii against Chevron Products Division (``Chevron''), pursuant to

the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., the National Park

System Resource Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 19jj, as well as, state laws

and regulations. The consent decree concerns Chevron's discharge of

approximately 41,000 gallons of number 6 bunker fuel oil from its

pipeline on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, into Waiau Marsh, Waiau Stream,

and Pearl Harbor on May 14, 1996.

The Consent Decree provides that Chevron will pay a $100,000

penalty to the State of Hawaii and will pay approximately $2.250

million in natural resource damages and restoration projects. As part

of the Consent Decree, Chevron has agreed to undertake at the USS

ARIZONA Memorial Visitors Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The cost of

this work is valued at approximately $1 million. The consent decree

further provides for the payment of interest from the date of lodging

the decree.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Chevron Products Division. DOJ #90-5-1-1-4426.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the following

offices: United States Attorney, District of Hawaii, Suite 6100, 300

Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202)

624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW.,

3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to

the reference number given above and enclose a check in the amount of

$5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-16116 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]

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