19686 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 70 / Monday, April 13, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–BITH–13318; PPIMBITHR0– 

PPMRSNR1Z.Y00000] 

Plan of Operations and Related 

Categorical Exclusion for Plugging and 

Reclamation of Two Natural Gas Wells, 

Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service has 

received from Unit Petroleum Company 

a plan of operations to plug, abandon, 

and reclaim two natural gas wells in Big 

Thicket National Preserve in Polk 

County, Texas. We are requesting 

comments on the plan of operations and 

on the related categorical exclusion 

from provisions of the National 

Environmental Protection Act for this 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit comments by May 13, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: The plan of operations and 

the related categorical exclusion are 

available for public review and 

comment at http://

parkplanning.nps.gov/bith and in the 

Office of the Superintendent, Edward 

Comeau—Acting, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 

77625. Copies of the documents are 

available upon request from the contact 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ryan Desliu, Oil and Gas Program 

Manager, Big Thicket National Preserve, 

6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 77625, 

Telephone: (409) 951–6822; or email at 

Ryan_Desliu@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Unit 

Petroleum Company proposes to plug, 

abandon, and reclaim the Blackstone #1 

and #2 wells currently in shut in status 

within the Big Sandy Creek Corridor 

Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve. 

The wells were drilled before we 

acquired the land and must be plugged 

and abandoned to meet Texas Railroad 

Commission and NPS regulations. The 

proposed operation will only create 

minor impacts to resources in the 

Preserve. 

An operator requiring access on, 

across, or through National Park Service 

lands or waters may conduct activities 

only under an approved plan of 

operations. We must complete an 

environmental analysis and make a 

decision on the plan of operations 

within 60 days of finding the plan to be 

complete. We must also publish a notice 

in the Federal Register informing the 

public that the plan is available for 

public review and comment. 

Public scoping for this proposal was 

conducted from May 18–June 18, 2012. 

The scoping brochure was also posted 

on the NPS’s Planning Environment and 

Public Comment Web site. 

If you wish to comment on the plan 

of operations and categorical exclusion, 

you may mail comments to the name 

and address above or post comments 

online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/

bith. The documents will be on public 

review for 30 days. Please note that the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice are a matter of public record. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 14, 2014. 

Edward Comeau, 

Acting Superintendent, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08375 Filed 4–10–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–CB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Joint 

Stipulation of Settlement Under the 

Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response 

Compensation and Liability Act and 

the Emergency Preparedness and 

Community Right-To-Know Act 

On April 7, 2015, the Department of 

Justice lodged a proposed Joint 

Stipulation of Settlement with the 

United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Alabama in the 

lawsuit entitled United States of 

America v. Millard Refrigerated 

Services, LLC Civil Action No. 15–186. 

The United States filed a complaint 

simultaneously with the filing of the 

Joint Stipulation of Settlement on April 

7, 2015. The complaint in this action 

alleged that Defendant Millard 

Refrigerated Services, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company, f/k/a Millard 

Refrigerated Services, Inc. (‘‘Millard’’) 

violated Sections 112(r)(1) and 112(r)(7) 

of the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

7412(r)(1) and 7412(r)(7), Section 103 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9603, and 

Section 304 of the Emergency 

Preparedness and Community Right-ToKnow Act (‘‘EPCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 11004, 

at its facility located in Theodore, 

Alabama (‘‘the Facility’’). Millard 

operated a cold storage facility with 

over 242,000 square feet of storage and 

used over 190,000 pounds of anhydrous 

ammonia (NH3), a highly toxic 

substance, in its operations. Defendant 

allowed three releases of NH3 over a 

three year period, with the third release 

of over 32,000 pounds of NH3 in August 

of 2010 resulting in 154 

hospitalizations. 

The Complaint alleges that Millard 

violated every section of the Program 3 

Risk Management Prevention (RMP) 

Program regulations for a total of 36 

violations of the RMP Regulations, three 

violations of the general duty of care 

under Section112(r) of the CAA and 

four violations of the notice 

requirements under EPCRA and 

CERCLA. As regards the notice 

requirements, the Complaint alleges that 

Millard failed to timely notify the 

National Response Center, the State 

Emergency Response Center and the 

Local Emergency Planning Committee 

as required by CERCLA and EPCRA 

with regard to these releases. 

Under the Joint Stipulation of 

Settlement, Millard will pay a civil 

penalty of $3,009,855 in order to resolve 

these violations. There is no injunctive 

relief under this agreement as 

Defendant’s parent, Millard Holdings, 

Inc., shut down the refrigerated portion 

of the Facility in July 2013 and is 

currently using it as a warehouse. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Joint Stipulation of Settlement. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States of America v. Millard 

Refrigerated Services, LLC Civil Action 

No. 15–186. D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– 

10384. All comments must be submitted 

no later than thirty (30) days after the 

publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. DOJ–ENRD 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the Joint Stipulation of Settlement may 

be examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department Web site: http://

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