[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00822]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; 
and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act

    On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States and 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb 
Company and Jervis B. Webb Company of California, Civil Action No. 
2:18-cv-234-ODW-JEM.
    The United States and the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control filed this lawsuit asserting a claim under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 
against the Jervis B. Webb Company of California (Webb-Cal) to recover 
costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of 
California in response to releases of hazardous substances at the 
Jervis Webb Superfund Site in South Gate, California (the ``Site''). 
The United States also asserted a claim against the Jervis B. Webb 
Company (JBW), parent company of Webb-Cal, under the Federal Debt 
Collections Procedures Act (``FDCPA'') to recover assets transferred by 
Webb-Cal to JBW at a time when Webb-Cal was insolvent and indebted to 
the United States under CERCLA. Under the proposed Consent Decree, JBW 
will pay $3.45 million to the United States to resolve the claims of 
the United States. In exchange for this payment, both JBW and Webb-Cal 
will receive site-wide covenants not to sue and contribution protection 
under CERCLA, and JBW will receive a covenant not to sue for fraudulent 
conveyance under the FDCPA. Under this Consent Decree, California DTSC 
will receive $50,000 from JBW to resolve its claim under CERCLA against 
Webb-Cal.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb Company 
of California, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10965. All comments must be 
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of 
this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdcdc8dfded2d0d0d8d3c990d8d8ce93d8d3cfd9fdc8ced9d2d793dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42323720212d2f2f272c366f2727316c272c3026023731262d286c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $8.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-00822 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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