[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12113]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR 
19029, notice is hereby given that on April 26, 1996, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Raymond G. Regis, Paul Wasson, and 
Wasson and Regis, a Partnership, Civil Action No. 94-CV-0319C(F), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District 
of New York resolving the matters alleged in the United States' 
complaint filed on April 28, 1994. The proposed Consent Decree 
represents a settlement of the United States' claims against Raymond G. 
Regis, Paul Wasson, and Wasson and Regis, a Partnership 
(``Defendants'') under the Safe Drinking Water Act for Defendants' 
violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act by failing to comply with the 
Underground Injection Control (``UIC'') regulations for Class II 
injection wells for the secondary recovery of oil, 40 CFR Part 144.28, 
promulgated under sections 300h and 300h-1 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 1421 and 1422, and for failure to comply with the terms 
of a final administrative order issued pursuant to section 300h-2(c), 
42 U.S.C. 1423(c), requiring compliance with the Safe Drinking Water 
Act UIC program.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree the Defendants shall comply with 
the UIC regulations, including the implementing regulations pertaining 
to Class II Injection Wells at 40 CFR 144.22 and 144.28, and the Safe 
Drinking Water Act. Under the consent decree, Defendants are also 
required to submit a plugging and abandonment schedule (the 
``Schedule'') for the fifteen wells at the Stillman facility in 
Bolivar, New York, within thirty days from the date of lodging, which 
provides for the proper plugging and abandonment of at least three 
wells per year commencing no later than calendar year 1996 and to 
properly plug and abandon the fifteen secondary, enhanced recovery 
injection wells at the Stillman facility pursuant to the Schedule and a 
previously submitted and approved plugging and abandonment plan (the 
``Plan'').
    The Department of Justice will receive, for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this notice, written comments relating to 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and should refer to 
United States v. Raymond G. Regis, Paul Wasson, and Wasson and Regis, a 
Partnership, D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3937.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of New York located at 
68 Court Street, Buffalo, New York 14202; at the Region II Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency located at 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10007; 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, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C., 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $15.50 (25 cents per page reproduction charge) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12113 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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