[Federal Register: May 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 86)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act 33
U.S.C. 1301, et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that on April 23, 1999 a proposed Consent
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Sinclair Oil Corporation, Civil
Action No. 98 CV 166B, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of Wyoming. The United States filed this action
pursuant to Sections 301 and 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended by
the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 1301 and 1321, as amended by the oil
pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 1301 and 1321, seeking injunctive relief and
civil penalties for the Defendant's discharge of oil from a rupture in
its underground pipeline into a navigable water of the United States in
violation of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the Defendant to either: (i)
Repair and replace all sections of its pipeline manufactured by the
same company that manufactured the ruptured pipe; or (ii) perform an
ultrasonic ``smart'' pig of these portions of the pipeline, and repair
or replace those portions as indicated by the results of the smart pig.
In addition, Sinclair will pay a civil penalty of $29,000, including
interest, to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Finally, Sinclair will
perform a Supplemental Environmental Project involving the replacement
of 1000 feet of pipe from one of Sinclair's underground pipelines which
passes under Casper Creek--a navigable water within a few miles of the
spill site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice,
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to, United States v. Sinclair
Oil Corporation, Civil Action No. 98 CV 166B, and D.J. Ref. #90-5-1-1-
4424.
    The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of
Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field
Office, 999 -18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado,80202
and the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington D.C. 20005,
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the Decree may be obtained in person or by
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor,
Washington, D.C. 2005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $10 for the Decree (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11267 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
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