Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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[Federal Register: March 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 60)]
[Notices]
[Page 15764-15765]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice is hereby given that on March 16, 2006, a proposed Consent
Judgment in United States v. Citygas Gasoline Corporation, et al.,
Civil Action No. CV-03-6374, was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The proposed Consent Judgment will resolve the United States'
claims under Section 9006 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6991e, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency against defendant Leggett Land Ltd. (``Leggett'') in
connection with alleged violations of the regulations governing
underground storage tanks (``USTs'') set forth at 40 CFR part 280 at a
gas station owned by Leggett at 1081 Leggett Avenue, Bronx, New York.
The Consent Judgment requires Leggett Land Ltd. to pay a civil penalty
of $100,000, to comply with the UST regulations within specified
deadlines, and to perform a ground-penetrating radar study to locate
out-of-service waste oil USTs at its facility, and, if found, to
permanently close them.
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 Judgment. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer
to United States v. Citygas Gasoline Corp., et al., DJ No. 90-7-1-07464.
The proposed Consent Judgment may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepont
Plaza, 14th Fl., Brooklyn, New York, 11201, and at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent
Judgment may also be examined on the following Department of Justice
Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.
A copy of the
proposed Consent Judgment may
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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. If
requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Judgment, please so note and
enclose a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3025 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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