[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62567-62568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25492]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement

    Notice is hereby given that on October 5, 2010, a proposed 
settlement agreement in United States v. Sunoco, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 05-6336, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States sought, under the Pennsylvania 
Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. 
Sec. Sec.  8321-27, and the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill 
Prevention Act, 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sec. Sec.  6021.101-.2104, the 
recovery of environmental cleanup costs incurred by the United States 
at the former Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (``DSCP'') property 
located at 2800 South 20th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 
United States also alleged--and sought an order under the Pennsylvania 
Clean Streams Law, 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sec. Sec.  691.1-.1001, directing 
the defendants to abate--ongoing migration of petroleum hydrocarbons 
from a

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refinery, which is owned or operated by Sunoco, Inc. or its affiliates, 
to the former DSCP property. The defendants filed a counterclaim 
seeking to recover from the United States environmental cleanup costs 
that they incurred in connection with environmental contamination on, 
or allegedly originating from, the former DSCP property. The settlement 
agreement resolves the liability of the United States; Sunoco, Inc.; 
Sunoco, Inc. (R&M); Atlantic Refining and Marketing Corp.; Sunoco 
Partners Marketing and Terminals, LP; and Atlantic Richfield Company; 
to each other for the claims alleged in the complaint, amended 
complaint and the counterclaims in this action, subject to terms and 
conditions set forth in the settlement agreement and excluding any 
liability that the parties might have for any contamination in the 
Potomac-Raritan-Magothy formation below the uppermost or shallow 
aquifer. The proposed settlement agreement would require defendants to 
pay, collectively, $10 million to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cece9fefff3f1f1f9f2e8b1f9f9efb2f9f2eef8dce9eff8f3f6b2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43333621202c2e2e262d376e2626306d262d3127033630272c296d242c35">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Sunoco, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07721.
    The settlement agreement may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement agreement may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d293233343c733b313838292a3232391d282e393237733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afdbc0c1c6ce81c9c3cacadbd8c0c0cbefdadccbc0c581c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $2.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount 
to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-25492 Filed 10-8-10; 8:45 am]
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