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States v. A.O. Corporation, et al., Civil 

Action No. 04–5918, was lodged with 

the United States District Court for the 

District of New Jersey. 

In this action, the United States 

sought reimbursement of response costs 

incurred in connection with the release 

and threatened release of hazardous 

substances at the A.O. Polymer 

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’), comprising 

4.18 acres more or less located in Sparta 

Township, New Jersey. The United 

States has incurred at least $1,700,000 

in unreimbursed past response costs 

relating to the Site, and estimates future 

response costs at $200,000. The Consent 

Decree resolves the United States’ in 

rem claim under the Verified 

Complaint, and results in a recovery by 

the United States of 85% of the sales 

proceeds of the Site at a public sale. The 

Consent Decree also sets forth the terms 

that will govern the sale. 

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, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. A.O. Corporation, et al., D.J. 

Ref. 90–11–3–07174/1. 

The Consent decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, District of New Jersey, Peter 

Rodino Federal Building, 970 Broad 

Street, 7th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 

07102 (contact Assistant United States 

Attorney Susan Steele), and at U.S. EPA 

Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, 

New York 10007–1866 (contact 

Assistant Regional Counsel Frances 

Maria Zizila). 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/ 

Consent_Decrees.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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

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 $8.50 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–304 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 

hereby given that on January 12, 2007, 

a proposed Consent Decree in United 

States v. Leon A. Balthaser, Civil Action 

No. 07–cv–0156, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 

In this civil action under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), the United States 

seeks recovery of response costs from 

Leon A. Balthaser, in connection with 

the Peach Alley Parking Lot Superfund 

Site in Hamburg, Berks County, 

Pennsylvania (‘‘Peach Alley Site’’ or 

‘‘Site’’). The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves the liability of Mr. Balthaser, 

who is the owner of the Peach Alley 

Site, under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 

42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs 

incurred and to be incurred at the Site. 

The Consent Decree requires Mr. 

Balthaser to make a cash payment of 

$20,000 in reimbursement of response 

costs incurred by the United States in 

connection with the Site, and to provide 

access to, and restrict use of, the Site. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the proposed 

Consent Decree for a period of thirty 

(30) days from the date of this 

publication. Please address comments to 

the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and refer to United States 

v. Leon A. Balthaser, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–

08820. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney for the Eastern District of 

Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 

1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 

and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch 

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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/ 

consent_decrees.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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. 

When requesting a copy from the 

Consent Decree Library, please enclose 

a check in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents 

per page reproduction cost) payable to 

the U.S. Treasury. 

Robert Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–302 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of First Amendment 

To Consent Decree Under the Clean 

Air Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on January 11, 2007, a First 

Amendment to the Consent Decree 

entered in the case of United States, et 

al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, Civil 

Action No. H–05–0258, was lodged with 

the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Texas. 

Under the original Consent Decree, 

the ConocoPhillips Company (‘‘COPC’’) 

agreed to implement innovative 

pollution control technologies to reduce 

emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur 

dioxide, and particulate matter from 

refinery process units at nine refineries 

owned and operated by COPC. COPC 

also agreed to adopt facility-wide 

enhanced benzene waste monitoring 

and fugitive emission control programs. 

COPC still is so obligated, but under the 

First Amendment, COPC will install 

additional pollution control technology, 

including, in one instance, a new 

electrostatic precipitator, in 

consideration for deadline extensions. 

In addition, COPC will be entitled to 

numerous deadline extensions at 

COPC’s refinery in Belle Chasse, 

Louisiana, because of damage that 

refinery suffered from Hurricane 

Katrina. In the First Amendment, the 

United States is joined by the State of 

Illinois, the State of Louisiana, the State 

of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania, and the Northwest Clean 

Air Agency in the State of Washington. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the First Amendment. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 


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