[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 75344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27484]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 6, 2004, an electronic 
version of a proposed consent decree was lodged in United States v.  
Marzone, Inc., et al., No. 7:02-CV-43 (M.D. Ga.). In the civil action, 
the United States alleges claims on behalf of the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against Defendants Chevron 
U.S.A., Inc.; Chevron Environmental Management Company; Kova 
Fertilizers, Inc.; Kova of Georgia, Inc.; Hercules Incorporated; Gold-
Kist, Inc.; United States Steel Corporation (formerly USX Corporation); 
Velsicol Chemical Corporation; Universal Cooperative, Inc.; Traylor 
Chemical & Supply Company; Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.; Air 
Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Boise Cascade Corporation; El Paso 
Corporation; El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Company; EPEC Polymers, Inc.; 
Exxon Mobil Corporation; Estech, Inc.; Mr. Charles Ray Taylor and 
Harper Enterprises, Inc. under Section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the Marzone, Inc./Chevron Chemical 
Company Superfund Site in Tifton, Georgia (the ``Site'').
    Under the consent decree, the defendants will pay $3.3 million, 
which will be placed into a Superfund special account for the site. The 
covenant not to sue will apply to past costs and certain remedial 
action for operable unit 2 of the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Marzone, Inc., et al., No. 7:02-CV-43 (M.D. Ga.), DOJ 
<greek-i> 90-11-3-274/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 433 Cherry St., 
Macon, Georgia 31202. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also 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, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#760219181f1758101a1313020119191236030512191c58111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="483c27262129662e242d2d3c3f27272c083d3b2c2722662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>, Fax No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27484 Filed 12-15-04; 8:45 am]
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