[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2304]
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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 January 13, 1997 with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
In its Third Amended Complaint, filed 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. Sec. 9607, that
the defendant is 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, Fleming American Investment
Trust plc (``Fleming American''), one of the eight defendants listed in
the Third Amended Complaint, has agreed to pay the EPA Hazardous
Substance Superfund (``Superfund'') $3,600,000 in reimbursement of past
and future response costs. On December 24, 1996, the United States
moved to enter a previous Consent Decree for the Site in which Kerr-
McGee Chemical Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation have agreed to
pay $20,000,000 to the Superfund. The proposed Consent Decree between
the United States and Fleming American does not resolve the potential
liability of the other five 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 $6.75 (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. 97-2304 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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