[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 22587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11131]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 7, 2009, a Complaint was filed 
and a proposed Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. Anadarko 
Petroleum Corporation, Howell Corporation, and Howell Petroleum 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-CV-100-D with the United States 
District Court for the District of Wyoming.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerning Defendants' onshore, non-
transportation, oil production facilities in Wyoming and Montana 
resolves all claims asserted in the United States' Complaint under the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1321(b)(3), as amended by the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2701-2762, related to 
unauthorized discharges of oil from Defendants' facility as well as 
allegations pursuant that Defendants failed to prepare adequate Spill 
Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plans (``SPCC Plans'') and 
lacked required Facility Response Plans (``FRPs'').
    The settlement secures $1,050,000 in civil penalties and an 
estimated $8,717,500 in injunctive relief from Defendants. Among other 
things, the injunctive relief requires Defendants to: revise facility 
SPCC Plans; create FRP Plans for 4 facilities; assure secondary 
containment conforms to requirements; adopt a facility integrity and 
release mitigation program which will include, among other things, 
increased inspections and integrity testing of certain facility 
components.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aededbcccdc1c3c3cbc0da83cbcbdd80cbc0dccaeedbddcac1c480c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3939681808c8e8e868d97ce868690cd868d9187a39690878c89cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Howell Corporation, 
and Howell Petroleum Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-CV-100-D, Ref. 
90-5-1-1-08426.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the United States Attorney's 
Office for the District of Wyoming, 2120 Capitol Avenue--4th Floor, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 (USAO No. 06V100) and at U.S. EPA Region 8, 
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2b3031363e7139333a3a2b2830303b1f2a2c3b303571383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baced5d4d3db94dcd6dfdfcecdd5d5defacfc9ded5d094ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, 
exclusive of exhibits, from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $11.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. If 
requesting a copy including all exhibits, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $14.50 payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-11131 Filed 5-12-09; 8:45 am]
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