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payment of a civil penalty, compliance 

and other injunctive relief, and 

implementation of a supplemental 

environmental project in connection 

with the Mobil Oil Corporation’s 

(‘‘Mobil’’) violations of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6901 et seq., at the Port Mobil 

facility in Staten Island, New York City, 

New York. 

Under the proposed consent decree, 

Mobil will pay a civil penalty of $8.2 

million, will agree to comply with 

RCRA at the Port Mobil facility and 

implement corrective action as directed 

by the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, will agree to refrain from 

making certain legal arguments under 

specified circumstances, and will agree 

to implement a supplemental 

environmental project—purchasing land 

for preservation in the Staten Island or 

New York city harbor area—at a cost of 

at least $3 million. The Consent Decree 

includes a release of claims alleged in 

the complaint. 

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. Comment should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resource Division, United States 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20530, and should refer to United States

v. Mobil Oil Corporation, No. CV–96–

1432 (E.D.N.Y.), and DOJ Reference No. 

90–7–1–794. Commenters may request 

an opportunity for a public meeting in 

the affected area, in accordance with 

RCRA Section 7003(d), 42 U.S.C. 

6973(d). 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at: (1) the Office of the United 

States Attorney for the Eastern District 

of New York, One Pierrepoint Plaza, 

Brooklyn, New York 11201, (718) 254–

7000; and (2) the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(Region 2), 290 Broadway, New York 

10007 (contact Stuart Keith in the office 

of Regional Counsel). A copy of the 

proposed consent decree may be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a 

copy, please refer to the referenced case 

and DOJ Reference Number and enclose 

a check in the amount of $6.00 (24 pages 

at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), 

may payable to the Consent Decree 

Library.

Ronald G. Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act and 

the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act 

Notice is hereby given that a proposed 

Consent Decree United States, et al. v. 

Montrose Chemical Corporation of 

California, et al., No. CV 90–3122–R 

(C.D. Cal), was lodged on December 21, 

2001 with the United States District 

Court for the Central District of 

California. 

The consent decree resolves claims 

under Section 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as 

amended, brought against defendants 

Montrose Chemical Corporation of 

California (‘‘Montrose’’), Aventis 

CropScience USA, Inc., Chris-Craft 

Industries, Inc. (now News Publishing 

Australia Ltd., by merger), and Atkemix 

Thirty-Seven, Inc. (now Stauffer 

Management Company, LLC, by merger) 

(collectively, the ‘‘DDT Defendants’’), 

for response costs incurred and to be 

incurred by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency in 

connection with responding to the 

release and threatened release of 

hazardous substances at the ‘‘Current 

Storm Water Pathway.’’ The Current 

Storm Water Pathway consists of the 

following system of man-made storm 

water conveyances: the Kenwood Drain, 

the Torrance Lateral, the Dominguez 

Channel (from Laguna Dominguez, the 

most northern point of tidal influence in 

the Dominguez Channel, to the 

Consolidated Slip), and the portion of 

the Los Angeles Harbor known as the 

Consolidated Slip from the mouth of the 

Dominguez Channel south to but not 

extending beyond Pier 200B and 200Y. 

The proposed consent decree requires 

the DDT Defendants to pay $1.4 million 

to the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, $50,000 to the 

California Department of Toxic 

Substances Control, and $450,000 to the 

California Regional Water Quality 

Control Board, Los Angeles Region, 

which commits to spend this money on 

the Current Storm Water Pathway only. 

The consent decree includes a covenant 

not to sue by the United States under 

Sections 106 and 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, 

and under Section 7003 of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6973. 

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, U.S. 

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044; and refer to 

United States, et al. v. Montrose 

Chemical Corporation of California, et 

al., No. CV 90–3122–R (C.D. Cal), and 

DOJ Ref. #90–11–3–511/3. 

The proposed settlement agreement 

may be examined at the Office of the 

United States Attorney, Central District 

of California, Federal Building, 300 

North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, 

CA 90012; and the Region IX Office of 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105. A copy of the proposed Consent 

Decree may be obtained by mail from 

the Department of Justice Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a 

copy please refer to the referenced case 

and enclose a check in the amount of 

$9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 

costs), payable to the Consent Decree 

Library.

Bruce Gelber, 

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on December 20, 2001, a 

Consent Decree in United States, et al.

v. Navajo Refining, Co., et al., Civil 

Action No. Civ–01–1422 LH/LCS, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of New Mexico. 

In a complaint that was filed 

simultaneously with the Consent 

Decree, the United States sought 

injunctive relief and penalties against 

Navajo Refining Company (‘Navajo’’) 

and Montana Refining Company 

(‘Montana Refining’’), pursuant to 

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section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act 

(‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (1983), 

amended by, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (Supp. 

1991) for alleged CAA violations at 

Navajo’s two refineries in Artesia and 

Lovington, New Mexico, and at 

Montana Refining’s refinery in Great 

Falls, Montana. 

Under the settlement, Navajo and 

Montana Refining will implement 

innovative pollution control 

technologies to greatly reduce emissions 

of nitrogen oxides (‘NOX’’) and sulfur 

dioxide (‘‘SO2’’) from refinery process 

units and they will adopt facility-wide 

enhanced monitoring and fugitive 

emission control programs. In addition, 

Navajo and Montana Refining will pay 

a civil penalty of $400,000 for 

settlement of the claims in the United 

States’ complaint, and Navajo will pay 

$350,000 for settlement of claims raised 

by the State of New Mexico in two 

compliance orders that New Mexico 

issued to Navajo in May and July of 

2001. Navajo also will perform 

environmentally beneficial projects 

totaling approximately $1.4 million. The 

States of New Mexico and Montana will 

join in this settlement as signatories to 

the Consent Decree. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States, et al., v. Navajo Refining Co., et 

al. D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–2228/1. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, 201 3rd St., NW., Suite 900, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, and 

at U.S. EPA Region 6, Fountain Place, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202. A 

copy of the Consent Decree may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. In requesting a copy, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$53.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the Consent Decree 

Library.

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act 

Notice is hereby given that a consent 

decree in United States v. Sequa 

Corporation and John H. Thompson, 

C.A. No. 01–CV–4784 (E.D.Pa.), was 

lodged on September 20, 2001, with the 

United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This 

notice was previously published in the 

Federal Register on October 15, 2001 

and the public was given 30 days to 

comment. No comments were received. 

However, because of severe disruption 

in the mail service, the United States is 

unable to conclude with certainty that 

any comments mailed in response to 

that notice would have been received. 

As a result, the United States is 

providing this opportunity for any 

persons who previously submitted 

comments to resubmit their comments 

as directed below. 

The consent decree resolves the 

United States’ claims against defendants 

Sequa Corporation (‘‘Sequa’’) and John 

H. Thompson (‘‘Thompson’’) with 

respect to past response costs incurred 

through September 30, 1999, pursuant 

to Section 107 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act, 41 U.S.C. 9607. The 

costs were incurred in connection with 

the Dublin TCE Site, located in the 

Borough of Dublin, Bucks County, 

Pennsylvania. Defendant Thompson 

owns the Site property, or a portion 

thereof, and defendant Sequa conducted 

manufacturing activities at the Site, 

which became contaminated with 

trichloroethylene. 

Under the consent decree, defendants 

will pay the United States $3,200,000 in 

reimbursement of past response costs 

incurred in connection with the Site. 

Said amount will be paid within thirty 

(30) days after entry of the consent 

decree by the Court. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of twenty (20) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree. Any persons who 

previously submitted comments should 

resubmit and address their comments to 

the Acting Assistant Attorney General 

for the Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and 

should refer to United States v. Sequa 

Corporation and John H. Thompson, 

DOJ Reference No. 90–11–2–780. The 

comments should be faxed to the Acting 

Assistant Attorney General at 202/616–

6583. Alternatively, the comments may 

be mailed to the Office of the United 

States Attorney, ATTN: Barbara 

Rowland, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 

1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19106. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 

Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19106; and the Region III Office of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

A copy of the proposed decree may be 

obtained by mail from the Department 

of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 

requesting a copy, please refer to the 

referenced case and enclose a check in 

the amount of $7.75 (.25 cents per page 

production costs), payable to the 

Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–39,039] 

Fashion International A.D.M. Services, 

Inc. Scranton, Pennsylvania; Amended 

Certification Regarding Eligibility To 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance 

In accordance with section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the 

Department Labor issued a Certification 

of Eligibility to Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance on June 7, 2001, 

applicable to workers of Fashion 

International located in Scranton, 

Pennsylvania. The notice was published 

in the Federal Register on June 27, 2001 

(66 FR 34256). 

At the request of the company, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. 

Company information shows that 

worker separations occurred at A.D.M. 

Services, Inc. when it closed in March, 

2001. A.D.M. Services provided 

designing services and markers 

supporting the production of men’s 

sport coats and men’s and ladies’

blazers at Fashion International, 

Scranton, Pennsylvania which also 

closed in March, 2001. A.D.M. Services, 

Inc. workers were inadvertently omitted 

from the certification.