5248 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 23 / Tuesday, February 4, 1997 / Notices

1The United States’ claims against the Atlantic

Richfield Company in this case were resolved by

Stipulation which is not subject to public comment

pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States and State of California v.

ARCO Pipe Line Company, CV 97–0361

JMI (C.D. Cal.), was lodged on January

17, 1997 with the United States District

Court for the Central District of

California. In the complaint in that

action, the United States and State of

California seek natural resource

damages, reimbursement of response

costs and damage assessment costs, and

civil penalties from defendant ARCO

Pipe Line Company (‘‘APL’’), relating to

ruptures of an APL pipeline near Los

Angeles in January 1994, that resulted

in oil being discharged to the Santa

Clara River, among other locations.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, APL

will pay to the federal and state natural

resource trustees $7.1 million for

natural resource damages, to be used for

restoration of natural resources damaged

from the oil spills; $1.3 million in

payments to California for use in

various state environmental projects and

accounts in settlement of penalty

claims; reimbursement of the United

States’ and California’s response and

damage assessment costs; a $25,000

civil penalty pursuant to the

Endangered Species Act; and payments

totaling $500,000 to the Los Angeles

District Attorney’s office and other

environmental entities in settlement of

the District Attorney’s claim for

penalties.

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, U.S.

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044; and refer to

United States v. ARCO Pipe Line

Company, DOJ Ref. #90–5–1–1–4347.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Central District of

California, 300 N. Los Angeles Street,

Los Angeles, California 90012; and at

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street NW., 4th 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., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

In requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $6.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–2664 Filed 2–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with the Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Atlantic Richfield

Company and Vastar Resources, Inc.,

Civil Action No. 97–B–35, was lodged

on January 9, 1997, with the United

States District Court for the District of

Colorado.1 The proposed Consent

Decree addresses the Clean Air Act

violations of Vastar Resources, Inc. at

Vastar’s coalbed degasification

operations in the Ignacio Blanco

Fruitland field, which is part of the

South Ute Indian Reservation in LaPlata

County, Colorado. Specifically, the

complaint filed with the settlements

alleges that Vastar violated the

Prevention of Significant Deterioration

(‘‘PSD’’) regulations, 40 CFR 52.21 (b)–

(w), of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413

et seq. by failing to install proper

pollution control equipment to limit

emissions of carbon monoxide from

engines used in the natural gas

production operations it took over the

operations from the Atlantic Richfield

Company (‘‘ARCO’’) in 1993. These

violations of the Clean Air Act were

discovered by the company during a

routine environmental audit and were

disclosed to the government in October

1995 pursuant to EPA’s interim

‘‘Incentives for Self-Policing’’ policy.

The proposed Consent Decree

requires Vastar Resources, Inc. to pay a

penalty of $137,949.00 pursuant to

EPA’s Incentives for Self-Policing

Policy. Under the Consent Decree, until

EPA issues final PSD permits to Vastar,

Vastar is required to maintain and

operate the control equipment already

in place at the facilities in a manner

consistent with that set forth in its

pending permit applications and

undertake any additional injunctive

relief ordered by EPA to meet the PSD

requirements. Once PSD permits are

issued to Vastar, Vastar must maintain

and operate the facilities in a manner

consistent with the terms of the permits.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

settlement. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin

Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Atlantic

Richfield Company and Vastar

Resources, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90–5–2–1–

2073.

The proposed settlement document

may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, District of

Colorado, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 1200,

Denver, Colorado; Region VIII Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency,

999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado; and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 ‘‘G’’

Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of

the proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library at the address

listed above. In requesting a copy,

please refer to the referenced case and

number, the document requested

(Consent Decree) and enclose a check in

the amount of $3.00 for the Consent

Decree (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–2662 Filed 2–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, As Amended

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in the action entitled United

States and State of New Jersey versus

Irving I. Ellis, Civil Action No. 93–1661

(GEB) (D.N.J.), was lodged on January

16, 1997 with the United States District

Court for the District of New Jersey. The

proposed consent decree resolves the

claims by the United States and the

State of New Jersey under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),

42 U.S.C. 9601–9675, on behalf of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

and the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection against the

defendant, Irving I. Ellis. These claims

are for recovery of response costs