Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act, 25901 [2024-07688]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act and Oil Pollution Act
On April 8, 2024, the Department of
Justice filed a complaint under the
Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution
Act and lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas
in the lawsuit entitled United States of
America and State of Texas v. Flint
Hills Resources Ingleside, LLC, Civil
Action No. 2:24–cv–00079.
The complaint alleges that the
defendant, Flint Hills Resources,
Ingleside, LLC, is civilly liable for
violation of section 311 of the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321, and for
natural resource damages under section
1002 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C.
2702. The State of Texas is a co-plaintiff
for the natural resource damages claims.
The complaint addresses the discharge
of about 14,000 gallons of crude oil that
spilled into Corpus Christi Bay from a
ruptured pipe on a dock at the
defendant’s crude oil storage terminal in
Ingleside, Texas, on the night of
December 24, 2022. The complaint
further alleges that the oil impacted
water quality, beach, and marsh areas
and harmed a variety of fish and
wildlife, including birds and sea turtles.
To resolve the claims, the company
will pay a total of $989,212.80. Under
the proposed consent decree, the
company will pay the United States
$400,000 in civil penalties for the Clean
Water Act oil discharge violation. This
claim is brought by the United States on
behalf of the United States Coast Guard.
The penalties paid for this claim 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.
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The company will also pay the United
States and the State of Texas, on behalf
of the federal and State natural resource
trustees, $589,212.80 as natural resource
damages under the Oil Pollution Act.
The federal trustees are the Department
of the Interior, through the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the Department of
Commerce’s National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The State
trustees are the Texas General Land
Office, the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, and the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department.
Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act, each
trustee acts on behalf of the public to
seek damages for the injury to,
destruction of, or loss of natural
resources resulting from the discharge of
oil into the environment. Under the
consent decree, the defendant’s
payment provides for $427,000 of the
total to be used by the trustees to design,
implement, and oversee natural
resource restoration projects to
compensate for the injuries resulting
from the oil discharge. The rest of the
funds will be used to repay the trustees
for each agency’s work to assess the
injuries to natural resources. The United
States and the State are coordinating
injury assessment and restoration
efforts.
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 and
State of Texas v. Flint Hills Resources
Ingleside, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–
12902. 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
assistance by email or by mail to the
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addresses provided above for submitting
comments.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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closed meeting of the National Institute
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Name of the Committee: NIC
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Date and Time: Monday, April 22,
2024, from 1 p.m.–6 p.m. ET
(approximate times).
Location: Virtual.
Contact Person: Leslie LeMaster,
Designated Federal Official (DFO) to the
NIC Advisory Board, The National
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internal personnel rules and practices of
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act and Oil Pollution Act
On April 8, 2024, the Department of Justice filed a complaint under
the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act and lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States of America and
State of Texas v. Flint Hills Resources Ingleside, LLC, Civil Action
No. 2:24-cv-00079.
The complaint alleges that the defendant, Flint Hills Resources,
Ingleside, LLC, is civilly liable for violation of section 311 of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321, and for natural resource damages under
section 1002 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2702. The State of
Texas is a co-plaintiff for the natural resource damages claims. The
complaint addresses the discharge of about 14,000 gallons of crude oil
that spilled into Corpus Christi Bay from a ruptured pipe on a dock at
the defendant's crude oil storage terminal in Ingleside, Texas, on the
night of December 24, 2022. The complaint further alleges that the oil
impacted water quality, beach, and marsh areas and harmed a variety of
fish and wildlife, including birds and sea turtles.
To resolve the claims, the company will pay a total of $989,212.80.
Under the proposed consent decree, the company will pay the United
States $400,000 in civil penalties for the Clean Water Act oil
discharge violation. This claim is brought by the United States on
behalf of the United States Coast Guard. The penalties paid for this
claim 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 company will also pay the United States and the State of Texas,
on behalf of the federal and State natural resource trustees,
$589,212.80 as natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act.
The federal trustees are the Department of the Interior, through the
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Commerce's National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The State trustees are the
Texas General Land Office, the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Pursuant to the
Oil Pollution Act, each trustee acts on behalf of the public to seek
damages for the injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources
resulting from the discharge of oil into the environment. Under the
consent decree, the defendant's payment provides for $427,000 of the
total to be used by the trustees to design, implement, and oversee
natural resource restoration projects to compensate for the injuries
resulting from the oil discharge. The rest of the funds will be used to
repay the trustees for each agency's work to assess the injuries to
natural resources. The United States and the State are coordinating
injury assessment and restoration efforts.
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 and State of Texas v.
Flint Hills Resources Ingleside, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-12902. 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-07688 Filed 4-11-24; 8:45 am]
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