Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and the Pipeline Safety Laws, 17599-17600 [2020-06500]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 61 / Monday, March 30, 2020 / Notices GEORGIA Fulton County JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES Briarcliff Plaza, 1027 and 1061 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, SG100005182 Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting LOUISIANA AGENCY: East Baton Rouge Parish Southern University Historic District (Boundary Increase), Roughly bounded by Harding Blvd., the Mississippi River, Roosevelt Steptoe Dr. and the eastern edge of Lake Kernan, Baton Rouge, BC100005185 Jefferson Parish Humble Oil Camp Historic District, (Louisiana Coastal Vernacular: Grand Isle 1780–1968 MPS), 101–143 Marlin Ln., Grand Isle, MP100005188 Lafourche Parish Peltier, Harvey Andrew, Sr., House, 430 East 1st St., Thibodaux, SG100005187 Orleans Parish Norwegian Seamen’s Church, 1758–1772 Prytania St., New Orleans, SG100005186 MICHIGAN Manistee County Guardian Angels Church, 371–375 Fifth St., Manistee, SG100005180 NEW JERSEY Gloucester County West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot, 354 Oakwood Ave., Glassboro, SG100005179 WISCONSIN Sauk County Simonds 10-Sided Barn, (Wisconsin Centric Barns MPS), S4680 Rocky Point Rd., Greenfield, MP100005183 Additional documentation has been received for the following resource: LOUISIANA Orleans Parish Vieux Carre´ Historic District (Additional Documentation), Bounded by the Mississippi River, Rampart and Canal Sts., and Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, AD66000377 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. Dated: March 9, 2020. Julie H. Ernstein, Supervisory Archeologist, National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program. [FR Doc. 2020–06487 Filed 3–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Mar 27, 2020 Jkt 250001 Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on April 20, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (EDT). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Van Osten, Designated Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations, (202) 317– 3648. DATES: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations will hold a teleconference meeting on April 20, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (EDT). The meeting will be closed to the public. 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[FR Doc. 2020–06552 Filed 3–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and the Pipeline Safety Laws On March 13, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central District of California (‘‘Court’’) in the lawsuit entitled United States and the People of PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17599 the State of California v. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. et al., Civil Action No. 2:20–cv–02415 (C.D. Cal.). At the request of the public, the Department of Justice is extending the public comment period for an additional 30 days. The United States filed a Complaint against Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains Pipeline, L.P. (jointly, ‘‘Plains’’) arising out of Plains’ violations of pipeline safety laws and liability for the May 19, 2015, discharge of approximately 2,934 barrels of crude oil from Plains’ Line 901, located near Refugio State Beach and Santa Barbara, California. The Complaint seeks penalties, injunctive relief, and natural resource damages and assessment costs for the United States, on behalf of the United States Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; the United States Environmental Protection Agency; the United States Department of the Interior; the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the United States Coast Guard. The United States’ claims are brought, as applicable, under the Pipeline Safety Laws, 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. The State of California is a co-plaintiff signatory to the Complaint under applicable State of California laws, and a signatory to the proposed Consent Decree, which also resolves certain State of California claims. The proposed Consent Decree requires Plains to: (1) Pay $24 million in penalties; (2) implement injunctive relief to improve Plains’ nationwide pipeline system, in addition to modifying operations relating to the May 19, 2015, oil discharge from Plains’ Line 901; and (3) pay $22.325 million in natural resource damages. Plains previously reimbursed the United States and the State of California approximately $10 million for natural resource damage assessment costs, and the United States approximately $4.26 million for removal or clean-up costs. Notice of lodging of the Consent Decree was originally published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2020. See 85 FR 15,815 (March 19, 2020). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty (30) day period for public comment on the Consent Decree. The publication of the present notice extends the period for public comment on the Consent Decree until May 20, 2020. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1 17600 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 61 / Monday, March 30, 2020 / Notices Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the People of the State of California v. Plains Pipeline, L.P. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–11340. All comments must be submitted no later than May 20, 2020. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... During the public comment period, the lodged proposed Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. Please enclose a check or money order for $25.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury, for a paper copy of the proposed Consent Decree. Henry S. Friedman, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2020–06500 Filed 3–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of Justice Programs [OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1776] Request for Public Comment on Proposed Revision of NIJ Standard 0115.00, Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor National Institute of Justice, Justice. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks feedback from the public on a proposed revision of NIJ Standard 0115.00, Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, that specifies minimum performance requirements and test methods for the stab resistance of body armor used by U.S. criminal justice personnel that is intended to protect the torso against knife and spike stab threats. lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Mar 27, 2020 Jkt 250001 Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 29, 2020. How To Respond and What To Include: The draft document can be found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/ standards-and-testing-requestscomment-and-information. The draft document is available in both Word and pdf formats. To submit comments, NIJ encourages commenters to fill out the comment template and send it in an email to the contact listed below with ‘‘Draft NIJ Standard 0115.01, Stab Resistance of Body Armor’’ in the subject line. Please provide contact information with the submission of comments. All materials submitted are subject to public release under the Freedom of Information Act, and will be shared with U.S. Government staff or U.S. Government contractors for evaluation purposes to revise the draft document. Comments should not include any sensitive personal information or commercially confidential information. If you wish to voluntarily submit confidential commercial information, but do not want it to be publicly released, you must mark that information prominently as ‘‘CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INFORMATION’’ and NIJ will, to the extent permitted by law, withhold such information from public release. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Greene; Technology and Standards Division Director; Office of Research, Evaluation, and Technology; National Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20531; telephone number: (202) 307–3384; email address: mark.greene2@usdoj.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft document is a proposed revision of NIJ Standard 0115.00, Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, published in 2000 and found here: https:// www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183652.pdf. The final version of this draft document is anticipated to be published in 2021 as NIJ Standard 0115.01, Stab Resistance of Body Armor. Its primary purpose will be for use by the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) for testing and evaluation of stab-resistant body armor for certification by NIJ. It will be used by both laboratories that test body armor and body armor manufacturers participating in the NIJ CTP. This standard will be included in the Personal Body Armor scope of accreditation used by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) to accredit laboratories that test body armor. For more information on NIJ’s voluntary standards, please visit https:// www.nij.gov/standards. For more DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 information on body armor, please visit https://www.nij.gov/body-armor and https://www.policearmor.org. David B. Muhlhausen, Director, National Institute of Justice. [FR Doc. 2020–06516 Filed 3–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–20–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel Advisory Committee Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities; National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts International Indemnity Panel. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by teleconference originating at the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, Room 4060, Washington, DC 20506, (202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@neh.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation on applications for Certificates of Indemnity submitted to the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, for exhibitions beginning on or after June 1, 2020. Because the meeting will consider proprietary financial and commercial data provided in confidence by indemnity applicants, and material that is likely to disclose trade secrets or other privileged or confidential information, and because it is important to keep the values of objects to be indemnified and the methods of transportation and security measures confidential, I have determined that that the meeting will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. I have made this determination under the authority granted me by the Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to Close SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17599-17600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and the Pipeline Safety Laws

    On March 13, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California (``Court'') in the lawsuit entitled United 
States and the People of the State of California v. Plains All American 
Pipeline, L.P. et al., Civil Action No. 2:20-cv-02415 (C.D. Cal.). At 
the request of the public, the Department of Justice is extending the 
public comment period for an additional 30 days.
    The United States filed a Complaint against Plains All American 
Pipeline, L.P. and Plains Pipeline, L.P. (jointly, ``Plains'') arising 
out of Plains' violations of pipeline safety laws and liability for the 
May 19, 2015, discharge of approximately 2,934 barrels of crude oil 
from Plains' Line 901, located near Refugio State Beach and Santa 
Barbara, California. The Complaint seeks penalties, injunctive relief, 
and natural resource damages and assessment costs for the United 
States, on behalf of the United States Department of Transportation, 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency; the United States Department of 
the Interior; the United States Department of Commerce, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the United States Coast 
Guard. The United States' claims are brought, as applicable, under the 
Pipeline Safety Laws, 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq. The State of California is a co-plaintiff signatory to the 
Complaint under applicable State of California laws, and a signatory to 
the proposed Consent Decree, which also resolves certain State of 
California claims.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Plains to: (1) Pay $24 million 
in penalties; (2) implement injunctive relief to improve Plains' 
nationwide pipeline system, in addition to modifying operations 
relating to the May 19, 2015, oil discharge from Plains' Line 901; and 
(3) pay $22.325 million in natural resource damages. Plains previously 
reimbursed the United States and the State of California approximately 
$10 million for natural resource damage assessment costs, and the 
United States approximately $4.26 million for removal or clean-up 
costs.
    Notice of lodging of the Consent Decree was originally published in 
the Federal Register on March 19, 2020. See 85 FR 15,815 (March 19, 
2020). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty (30) day 
period for public comment on the Consent Decree. The publication of the 
present notice extends the period for public comment on the Consent 
Decree until May 20, 2020.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United 
States and the People of the State of California v. Plains Pipeline, 
L.P. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11340. All comments must be 
submitted no later than May 20, 2020. Comments may be submitted either 
by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the lodged proposed Consent 
Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
website: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
    We will provide a paper copy of the Consent Decree upon written 
request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and 
payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $25.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury, for a paper 
copy of the proposed Consent Decree.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-06500 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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