Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 64 / Thursday, April 3, 1997 / Notices 15919

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Under the

Decree, potentially responsible parties

will, inter alia, pay the United States

$637,500 towards past response costs,

pay oversight costs up to $910,000, and

agree not to seek any reimbursement

from the United States for implementing

remedial action pursuant to an

administrative order.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Consent Decree for 30 days following

the publication of this Notice.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Amerada Hess

Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–1405.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Western District

of Louisiana, 300 Fannin St., Suite 3201,

Shreveport, Louisiana 71101–3068; the

Region 6 Office of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733;

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005 (202–624–0892). A copy of

the proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy of the

proposed Consent Decree, please

enclose a check in the amount of $30.50

(25 cents per page for reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8529 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree in United States, et al.

versus Montrose Chemical Corporation

of California, et al, No. CV 90–3122–

AAH (C.D. Cal), was lodged on March

25, 1997, with the United States District

Court for the Central District of

California. The consent decree resolves

claims under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9607, as

amended, brought against defendant

County Sanitation Districts of Los

Angeles County and 150 third-party

defendants for natural resource damages

associated with contamination of

sediments on the Palos Verdes shelf in

the vicinity of Los Angeles, California,

and for response costs incurred and to

be incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency in

connection with responding to the

release and threatened release of

hazardous substances at the Montrose

Chemical National Priorities List Site in

Torrance, CA, and at the

aforementioned Palos Verdes shelf.

The proposed consent decree

provides that the aforementioned

entities will collectively pay $45.7

million to resolve their liability to the

United States for natural resource

damages and response costs as

described above. The proposed consent

decree includes a covenant not to sue by

the United States under Sections 106

and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9606 and 9607, and

under Section 7003 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act

(‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 6973.

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. Commenters may

request an opportunity for a public

meeting in the affected area, in

accordance with Section 7003(d) of

RCRA. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States, et al. versus

Montrose Chemical Corporation of

California, et al., No. CV 90–3122–AAH

(C.D. Cal), DOJ Ref. #90–11–3–159 and

DOJ Ref. #90–11–3–511.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Central District of

California, Federal Building, 300 North

Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA

90012; the Region IX Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. A copy of the proposed consent

decree may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting

copies please refer to the referenced

case and enclose a check in the amount

of $67.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8530 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Extension of Period for

Public Comment on Consent Decree

Lodged in United States v. Puerto Rico

Electric Power Authority, No. 93–2527

(D.P.R.)

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Department of Justice will continue to

receive, until May 7, 1997, comments

relating to the proposed consent decree

in United States v. Puerto Rico Electric

Power Authority, No. 93–2527.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Puerto Rico

Electric Power Authority, DOJ Ref.

Number 90–5–2–1–1750 (PREPA). The

notice of lodging of this proposed

consent decree was published at 62 FR

5249 (Feb. 4, 1997).

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Degeteau Federal

Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Room

452, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918; the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region II Caribbean Environmental

Protection Division, Centro Europa

Building, 1492 Ponce de Leon Avenue,

Suite 417, Santurce, Puerto Rico 00907;

the Region II Office of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10278;

and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, Northwest, Fourth Floor,

Washington, District of Columbia 20005,

(202) 624–0892. Also, a summary of the

consent decree may be examined at the

locations previously listed. A copy of

the proposed consent decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy of the consent decree, please refer

to the case identified above and enclose

a check, payable to the Consent Decree

Library, in the amount of $35.75 for the

consent decree only (reproduction costs

at twenty-five cents ($.25) per page) or

$67.50 for both the consent decree and

all attachments and appendices to the

consent decree (reproduction costs at

twenty-five cents ($.25) per page). A

copy of the consent decree summary

may also be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library.

In requesting a copy of the consent

decree summary, please refer to the case