Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 8248 [2024-02339]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On January 29 and 30, 2024, the
Department of Justice filed a Complaint
under the Clean Water Act and lodged
a proposed Consent Decree with the
United States District Court for the
Western District of Oklahoma in the
lawsuit entitled United States of
America v. Holly Energy PartnersOperating, L.P., et al., Civil Action No.
5:24–cv–00107.
The Complaint alleges that the
defendants, Dallas, Texas-based Holly
Energy Partners-Operating, L.P., and
Osage Pipe Line Company LLC, are
civilly liable for violations of section
309 and 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1319, 1321. The Complaint
addresses the discharge of about
300,000 gallons of crude oil from the
Osage pipeline into Skull Creek near
Cushing, Oklahoma, on July 8, 2022.
Osage Pipe Line Company owns the
135-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter
pipeline that transports crude oil from
a tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, to
the HollyFrontier refinery in El Dorado,
Kansas. Holly Energy PartnersOperating is the operator of the
pipeline.
The Complaint alleges the spill
occurred when a segment of the
pipeline ruptured adjacent to Skull
Creek about five miles north of Cushing.
From the point of the discharge, Skull
Creek flows about three more miles
before entering the Cimarron River. The
pipeline was operating at the time of the
rupture and discharged about 300,000
gallons (7,110 barrels) of crude oil into
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the creek. The land where the rupture
occurred, and the adjacent downstream
parcel that the creek runs through, are
both allotment lands owned by
members of the Sac and Fox Nation.
Under the proposed Consent Decree,
the companies will pay $7.4 million in
civil penalties. The Consent Decree also
requires the defendants to perform
corrective measures to remedy the
violations. The companies will be
required to complete the cleanup and
remediation of the impacted area,
improve their pipeline integrity
management program, provide
additional training for all their control
room operators, expand their spill
notification efforts for tribal
governments with land interests within
the footprint of the pipeline, and submit
periodic compliance reports to the
Environmental Protection Agency and
the Department of Justice.
The penalties paid in this case will be
deposited in the federal Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund managed by the
National Pollution Funds Center. The
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is used to
pay for federal response activities and to
compensate for damages when there is
a discharge or substantial threat of
discharge of oil or hazardous substances
to waters of the United States or
adjoining shorelines.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States of America v.
Holly Energy Partners-Operating, L.P., et
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–12810. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted by either
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 .........
Any comments submitted in writing
may be filed in whole or in part on the
public court docket without notice to
the commenter.
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
If you require assistance accessing the
Consent Decree, you may request
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assistance by email or by mail to the
addresses provided above for submitting
comments.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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will be accepted for 60 days until April
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On January 29 and 30, 2024, the Department of Justice filed a
Complaint under the Clean Water Act and lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District Court for the Western District
of Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States of America v. Holly
Energy Partners-Operating, L.P., et al., Civil Action No. 5:24-cv-
00107.
The Complaint alleges that the defendants, Dallas, Texas-based
Holly Energy Partners-Operating, L.P., and Osage Pipe Line Company LLC,
are civilly liable for violations of section 309 and 311 of the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1321. The Complaint addresses the discharge
of about 300,000 gallons of crude oil from the Osage pipeline into
Skull Creek near Cushing, Oklahoma, on July 8, 2022. Osage Pipe Line
Company owns the 135-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter pipeline that
transports crude oil from a tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, to the
HollyFrontier refinery in El Dorado, Kansas. Holly Energy Partners-
Operating is the operator of the pipeline.
The Complaint alleges the spill occurred when a segment of the
pipeline ruptured adjacent to Skull Creek about five miles north of
Cushing. From the point of the discharge, Skull Creek flows about three
more miles before entering the Cimarron River. The pipeline was
operating at the time of the rupture and discharged about 300,000
gallons (7,110 barrels) of crude oil into the creek. The land where the
rupture occurred, and the adjacent downstream parcel that the creek
runs through, are both allotment lands owned by members of the Sac and
Fox Nation.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, the companies will pay $7.4
million in civil penalties. The Consent Decree also requires the
defendants to perform corrective measures to remedy the violations. The
companies will be required to complete the cleanup and remediation of
the impacted area, improve their pipeline integrity management program,
provide additional training for all their control room operators,
expand their spill notification efforts for tribal governments with
land interests within the footprint of the pipeline, and submit
periodic compliance reports to the Environmental Protection Agency and
the Department of Justice.
The penalties paid in this case will be deposited in the federal
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund managed by the National Pollution Funds
Center. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is used to pay for federal
response activities and to compensate for damages when there is a
discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil or hazardous
substances to waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States of America v. Holly Energy Partners-
Operating, L.P., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-12810. All comments
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication
date of this notice. Comments may be submitted by either 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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Any comments submitted in writing may be filed in whole or in part
on the public court docket without notice to the commenter.
During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance
accessing the Consent Decree, you may request assistance by email or by
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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