[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16272]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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 of America v. Braselman Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 
96-0872 was lodged on June 13, 1996 with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
    In its Third Amended Complaint, filed concurrently with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United 
States alleges under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
that the defendants are liable for reimbursement of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the Bayou Bonfouca 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the City of Slidell, St. Tammany 
Parish, Louisiana.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation 
and Kerr-McGee Corporation, two of the eight defendants listed in the 
Third Amended Complaint, have agreed to pay the EPA Hazardous Substance 
Superfund $20,000,000 in reimbursement of past and future response 
costs. The total cost of the cleanup, which is nearly complete, is 
estimated at more than $100,000,000. The proposed Consent Decree 
between the United States, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, and Kerr-
McGee Corporation does not resolve the potential liability of the other 
six defendants 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States of America v. Braselman Corporation, et.al., DOJ Ref. No. 
90-11-2-803A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Hal Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine 
Street, 2nd Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; the Region VI Office 
of the 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 please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-16272 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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