[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31783]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR 
19029, and consistent with 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that 
on December 10, 2001, a proposed consent decree in United States and 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Del Norte County, 
Civil Action No. 01-4847 JCS, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of California. The proposed 
consent decree resolves claims under Section 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, regarding the release and/or 
threat of release of hazardous substances at and from the Del Norte 
County Pesticide Storage Area Superfund Site near Crescent City, 
California. The settler is the owner/operator of the site which was 
centralized storage area for pesticide and herbicide containers. The 
accumulated containers, exposed to the elements, released hazardous 
substances.
    Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the County shall continue to 
perform the remaining response action for the Site consisting of 
groundwater monitoring and implementation of land use restrictions. The 
County also shall reimburse the United States and the State in the 
amount of $50,000 apiece for certain past response costs. The 
settlement amount is based on the County's representation as to its 
financial condition.
    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 sent simultaneously to the 
following: (1) By facsimile (202) 514-2583 and U.S. mail addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Benjamin Franklin 
Station, Washington, DC 20044; (2) Charles O'Connor, Assistant U.S. 
Attorney, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102; and (3) Rose 
Fua, Deputy Attorney General, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. 
Comments should refer to United States and California Dept. of Toxic 
Substances Control v. Del Norte County, Civil Action No. 01-4847 JCS, 
D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-836.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at either of the 
following locations: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney, 
Northern District of California; or (2) Region 9, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California. A copy of the consent decree can be obtained (without 
attachments) by facsimile request ((202) 514-0997) sent to the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. To receive a copy of the consent decree (without 
attachments), a party will be required to provide a check in the amount 
of $15.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-31783 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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