[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14981]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2)(B), notice is hereby given that four consent decrees 
were lodged in United States v. Montrose Chemical Corporation of 
California, consolidated with Levin Metals Corp. v. Parr-Richmond 
Terminal Company, Civil Action No. C 96-02103 MEJ (N.D. Cal.), on June 
6, 1996, with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of California. The complaint in that action alleges that 
defendants are liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act for cleanup and cost recovery at the 
United Heckathorn National Priorities List Superfund Site in Richmond, 
California (``Site''). The complaint also alleges that defendants are 
liable for damages for injury to, destruction of, and loss of natural 
resources at or using the Site.
    Pursuant to the consent decrees, sixteen settling parties, 
including two agencies of the United States, will pay approximately 
$6.656 million to resolve their liability for the performance of 
remedial actions at the Site, and for reimbursement of costs incurred 
by the United States at the Site. Some of those parties will also 
perform the remedial actions selected by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency for the Site. The actions include 
capping an area where a pesticide formulation facility was once located 
and dredging sediments from two nearby harbor areas. The four decrees 
also provide for the payment of $400,000 to the federal natural 
resource trustees, the Department of the Interior and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as damages for natural resource 
injuries and in reimbursement of damage assessment costs.
    As provided in 28 CFR 50.7 and consistent with 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2)(B), the Department of Justice will, for a period of thirty 
(30) days from the date of this publication, receive comments from 
persons who are not named as parties to this action relating to the 
proposed Consent Decrees for a period of thirty 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, D.C. 20530. All comments should 
refer to United States v. Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, 
D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-598.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 450 Golden 
Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102; the Region IX Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies 
of the proposed consent decrees 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 please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $154.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) for all four consent decrees with all 
exhibits, and $56.50, for all four consent decrees without exhibits, 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14981 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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