[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1678]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking 
Water Act

    In accordance with departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on January 6, 2000, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Jupiter Oil Corp., et al., C.A. No. 98-CV-72684-DT 
(E.D. Mich.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Michigan. The proposed consent decree would resolve 
pending claims of the United States against defendants, Jupiter Oil 
Corporation and Blake Energy Company, Inc., in the above-referenced 
action.
    The Amended Complaint in the above-referenced civil action seeks 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., at an underground injection 
well known as the Smith E 01, located in St. Clair County, Michigan. 
The complaint alleges that defendants failed to comply with various 
reporting requirements and mechanical integrity demonstration 
requirements set forth in applicable regulations, an undergound 
injection control (``UIC'') permit, and in Final Administrative Orders 
issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    The proposed consent decree would require defendants to achieve and 
maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, applicable 
regulations thereunder, and terms of the UIC permit for the Smith E 01 
Well. In addition, the proposed consent decree would require defendants 
to pay a civil penalty of $50,000.
    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, 
United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States 
v. Jupiter Oil Corp., et al., C.A. No. 98-CV-72684-DT (E.D. Mich.), and 
the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4482.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 231 West 
Fort Street, Suite 2001, Detroit, MI 48226; and at the Region 5 Office 
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. A copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-
7611. In requesting a copy, please refer to DJ #90-5-1-1-4482, and 
enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (14 pages at 25 cents per page 
for reproduction costs). Makes checks payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-1678 Filed 1-24-00; 8:45 am]
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