Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 13, 2009 / Notices 22587 

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, nontransportation, 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 pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

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 email 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on May 5, 2009, a proposed 

Consent Decree in United States v. 

Emma B. Masset, 08 Civ. 6336 (SCR), 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of New York. 

The Consent Decree resolves the 

claims of the United States, on behalf of 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) under sections 107 and 113 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 

et seq. against defendant Emma B. 

Masset., relating to Westwood Chemical 

Corp. Superfund Site, located in Orange 

County, New York (the ‘‘Site’’). 

In a complaint filed on July 14, 2008, 

the United States alleged that Masset 

was an operator of the Westwood 

Chemical facility at the time of disposal 

of hazardous substances pursuant to 

section 107(a)(2) of CERCLA. 

Specifically, Masset was an operator of 

the facility from approximately 1998, 

when she became President of 

Westwood, until approximately January 

2005, when Ms. Masset decided to 

abandon the facility following 

Westwood’s October 2005 bankruptcy 

petition. According to the Complaint, 

during that time, hazardous substances 

including hydrochloric acid, sulfuric 

acid, mercury, lead, chromium, copper, 

zinc, silver, selenium and arsenic were 

disposed of at the Site. The Complaint 

sought unreimbursed costs incurred by 

the United States and a declaration of 

liability with respect to any future 

response costs. 

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, 

Masset will pay the United States a total 

of $184,000, in three equal installments 

of $61,000 over a two-year period, to 

resolve her liability at the Site. The 

Department of Justice will receive for a 

period of thirty (30) days from the date 

of this publication comments relating to 

the Consent Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Emma Masset, D.J. #90–11–2– 

08602/2. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $5.00 (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. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief Environmental, 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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