Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 25, 2007 / Notices 40897 

Issued: July 20, 2007. 

By order of the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–14346 Filed 7–24–07; 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 

Notice is hereby given that on July 16, 

2007, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Dixie-Narco, Inc., et al., 

Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-1925–MBS, 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the District of South 

Carolina. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves the United States’ claims under 

Sections 106 and 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for 

implementation of remedial action and 

recovery of response costs incurred and 

to be incurred by the United States at 

the Admiral Home Appliances 

Superfund Alternative Site located in 

Williston, Barnwell County, south 

Carolina. The Consent Decree requires 

Dixie-Narco, Inc., Maytag Corporation 

and Rheem Manufacturing Company to 

conduct remedial action at the Admiral 

Home Appliances site, pay EPS’s costs 

to oversee the work, and pay EPA’s 

remaining unreimbursed costs incurred 

at 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 proposed 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. Dixie-Narco, Inc., et al., D.J. 

Ref. 90–11–3–07761/1. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, 1441 Main Street, Suite 

500, Columbia, SC 29201, and at U.S. 

EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public 

comment period, the proposed 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 

proposed 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 

$58.25 for the Consent Decree plus 

Appendices or $13 for the Consent 

Decree without Appendices (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. 

Henry S. Friedman, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3642 Filed 7–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Public Comment Period for 

Proposed Environmental Consent 

Decree 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that, for a period of 30 days, the 

United States will receive public 

comments on a proposed Consent 

Decree in United States v. Equistar 

Chemicals, LP (‘‘Equistar’’) (Civil Action 

No. 1:07–CF–4045), which was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Illinois on July 

18, 2007. 

This proposed Consent Decree was 

lodged simultaneously with the 

Compliant in this multi-facility, multimedia case covering seven of Equistar’s 

petrochemical plants in four states. Our 

complaint alleges claims pursuant to 

Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7401–

7671q; the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

6901–6992k; the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1251–1387; the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act (‘‘EPCRA’’), 42 

U.S.C. 11001–11050; and the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601–9675. 

Under the settlement, Equistar will 

take immediate action to correct the 

regulatory violations identified and will 

implement enhancements to its air, 

water and hazardous waste programs at 

all 7 facilities to address deficiencies 

across the board. Equistar will also 

install a waste water treatment plant at 

the Channelview, Texas, facility as part 

of an injunctive relief project to 

eliminate the land disposal of 150,000 

tons of benzene hazardous waste per 

year. The estimated cost to Equistar of 

implementing all the Consent Decree 

requirements is $125 million. In 

addition, Equistar will pay a civil 

penalty of $2.5 million and spend 

$6,560,000 on Federal and state 

Supplemental Environmental Projects 

(‘‘SPEs’’). The federal SEP project will 

control an estimated 26 tons per year of 

hazardous air emissions from process 

vents at Channelview. The state 

environmental projects include: (1) The 

purchase of emergency response 

equipment and newer, cleaner school 

buses; (2) funding for the Mississippi 

River Eco Tourism Center; and (3) 

hazardous waste cleanup activities in 

the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

The states of Iowa, Illinois, and 

Louisiana have joined in the settlement, 

will each file Complaints-inIntervention and receive a $178,600 

share of the civil penalty. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Acting Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and may be submitted to: P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611, or via 

e-mail to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov, and should refer to 

United States v. Equistar Chemicals, LP, 

D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–08012/1. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 

219 S. Dearborn Street, Fifth Floor, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. During the 

public comment period the Equistar 

consent Decree may also be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

ConsentlDecrees.html. A copy of the 

Equistar 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 $37.50 

(25 cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

Bruce S. Gelber, 

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 

Environment and Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3612 Filed 7–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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