28544 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices

Atlantic Richfield Company (‘‘ARCO’’)

pursuant to Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA) for, inter alia,

reimbursement of costs incurred and to

be incurred, by the United States in

connection with response actions at the

Alsco Anaconda Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’)

in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. ARCO has

implemented a remedial action that the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency selected for the Site and

asserted claims pursuant to Section

106(b) of CERCLA to recover certain of

its response costs from the Hazardous

Substance Superfund.

Under the proposed decree, ARCO

will pay $1,135,000 in satisfaction of the

United States’ claims against it. The

proposed decree also provides for

dismissal with prejudice of ARCO’s

claims against the United States for

reimbursement of certain costs ARCO

incurred in connection with response

actions it performed at the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of 30 days

from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530. All comments

should refer to United States v. The

Atlantic Richfield Company, D.J. Ref.

90–11–3–488B.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District

of Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600

Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

44114–2600; and at the Region V office

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590. A copy of

the proposed consent decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Department of Justice Consent Decree

Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC

20044–7611. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs) payable to the Consent Decree

Library. When requesting a copy, please

refer to United States v. The Atlantic

Richfield Company. D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–

488B.

William D. Brighton,

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act

(‘‘RCRA’’)

Pursuant to Departmental policy, 28

CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a

proposed consent decree (‘‘Decree’’) in

United States v. Raymond T. James and

Rattan Investment Co., Inc., Civ. No.

1999/145, was lodged on May 7, 2001

with the United States District Court for

the District of the Virgin Islands.

In this action, the United States

sought civil penalties and injunctive

relief, alleging that the operator of a gas

station popularly known as ‘‘Charlie’s

Gas Station,’’ located in Christiansted,

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, violated

provisions of the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C.

6901–6992k. More particularly, the

United States alleged that the operators

of Charlie’s Gas Station failed to employ

the release detection methods required

for the underground storage tanks

(USTs) at the facility under federal

regulations applicable to USTs set forth

at 40 CFR Part 280, Subpart D, and

failed to respond to various information

requests sent to them by EPA under the

authority of Sections 3007(a) and

9005(a) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6927(a),

6991d(a). The Decree would resolve the

liability of the defendants, Raymond T.

James and Rattan Investment Co., Inc.,

for the alleged violations. The Decree

requires the defendants to come into

compliance with UST regulations by

permanently closing the USTs at

Charlie’s Gas Station (which have been

temporarily closed since December 22,

1998) within sixty days after entry of the

Decree, which closure will entail

cleaning and emptying the USTs,

performing a site assessment within five

days thereafter to determine whether

there is any contamination at the

facility, and , if such contamination is

found, implementing corrective action.

The Decree further requires the

defendants to pay a civil penalty of

$6,000.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the 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, D.C.

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Raymond T. James and Rattan

Investment Co., Inc., DOJ Ref. #90–7–1–

06362.

The Decree may be examined at the

office of the United States Attorney for

the District of the Virgin Islands, 1108

King St., Suite 201, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

00820–4951 (contact Assistant United

States Attorney Ernest F. Batenga); and

the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York,

10007–1866 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Donna DeCostanzo). A copy of

the Decree may be obtained by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044–

7611. In requesting a copy please refer

to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Ronald G. Gluck,

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in the action entitled United

States of America v. Shell Oil Company

and Motiva Enterprises LLC, Civil

Action No. 3:01CV00093 RNC (D.

Conn.), was lodged on April 27, 2001

with the United States District Court for

the District of Connecticut. The

proposed consent decree resolves claims

of the United States, on behalf of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

under Sections 111 and 112 of the Clean

Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411 and 7412, its

implementing federal regulations, and

the Connecticut State Implementation

Plan, against defendants Shell Oil

Company and Motiva Enterprises LLC.

These claims are for injunctive relief

and civil penalties arising from

defendants’ alleged violations of the

Clean Air Act, its implementing

regulations, and the State

Implementation Plan in connection with

their operation of a bulk gasoline

terminal located within the Towns of

Bridgeport and Stratford, Connecticut.

Under the terms of the proposed

consent decree, the defendants: (1) Will

pay a civil penalty of $390,155 to the

United States; (2) will purchase and

permanently retire twenty-two tons

worth of nitrogen oxide emission

reduction credits during ozone season,

to be purchased in either Connecticut,

Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode