[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23835]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    On October 26, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California, Western Division, in the lawsuit entitled 
United States of America v. Cooper Living Trust and Cooper Properties, 
LP. Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-7836.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under Sections 106(a) and 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, against the 
Cooper Living Trust and Cooper Properties, LP (Settling Defendants), 
for recovery of response costs incurred by the United States and to 
address environmental contamination at the Cooper Drum Company 
Superfund Site located in Los Angeles County, California (``the 
Site'').
    The Settling Defendants both owned a portion of the Site at the 
time of disposal of hazardous substances by the Cooper Drum Company, 
which operated a drum reconditioning business at the Site. The 
reconditioning process resulted in contamination of the soil and 
groundwater beneath the Site.
    Under the Consent Decree the Settling Defendants agree to complete 
the sale of property adjacent to the Site (the Property) and pay the 
United States the greater of 90 percent of the net sales proceeds or 
$2.5 million. In return, the United States agrees not to sue the 
Defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
    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 of America v. Cooper Living Trust and 
Cooper Properties, LP, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-09084/1. 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#4e3e3b2c2d2123232b203a632b2b3d602b203c2a0e3b3d2a212460292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5b5b0a7a6aaa8a8a0abb1e8a0a0b6eba0abb7a185b0b6a1aaafeba2aab3">[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 Web site: 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost x 38 pages) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-23835 Filed 11-1-17; 8:45 am]
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