[Federal Register: June 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 121)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act 
and the National Park Service Resource Protection Act

    Notice is hereby given that the United States, on behalf of the 
United States Departments of Commerce and Interior, and the State of 
Hawaii, lodged a proposed Consent Decree in the United States District 
Court for the District of Hawaii, in United States v. Chevron Products 
Division, Civil Action No. 99-00410-DAE-LEK, on June 3, 1999. This 
Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States and the State 
of Hawaii against Chevron Products Division (``Chevron''), pursuant to 
the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., the National Park 
System Resource Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 19jj, as well as, state laws 
and regulations. The consent decree concerns Chevron's discharge of 
approximately 41,000 gallons of number 6 bunker fuel oil from its 
pipeline on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, into Waiau Marsh, Waiau Stream, 
and Pearl Harbor on May 14, 1996.
    The Consent Decree provides that Chevron will pay a $100,000 
penalty to the State of Hawaii and will pay approximately $2.250 
million in natural resource damages and restoration projects. As part 
of the Consent Decree, Chevron has agreed to undertake at the USS 
ARIZONA Memorial Visitors Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The cost of 
this work is valued at approximately $1 million. The consent decree 
further provides for the payment of interest from the date of lodging 
the decree.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Chevron Products Division. DOJ #90-5-1-1-4426.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the following 
offices: United States Attorney, District of Hawaii, Suite 6100, 300 
Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 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., 
3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to 
the reference number given above and enclose a check in the amount of 
$5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16116 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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