[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60022-60023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29705]
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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, notice is hereby given that
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Sadeane Lang, Independent
Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, Civil Action No. 1:94CV57,
was lodged on October 27, 1998 with the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division.
In the First Amended Complaint, the United States alleges that
Atlantic Richfield Company (``ARCO'') and ARCO Chemical Company
(``ACC'') are successors to and assumed liability for persons who by
contract, agreement, or otherwise arranged for disposal or treatment,
of hazardous substances at the Turtle Bayou Superfund Site (also known
as the Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc. Site) (``Site''), located in
Liberty County, Texas. The United States alleges that ARCO and ACC are
liable under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability
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Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607 for costs incurred and to be
incurred by the United States in response to the release of hazardous
substances at the Site.
The proposed Consent Decree requires ARCO and ACC to perform nearly
all of the remedial action for the Site, at a cost of approximately $20
million. The remedial action includes in-situ aquifer bioremediation,
bioventing, aqueous phase soil bioremediation, soil excavation and off-
site treatment and/or disposal, soil excavation and biotreatment,
thermal desorption, soil washing, containment, monitored natural
attenuation, institutional controls, soil vapor extraction,
installation of storm water management controls, monitoring ground
water, and restoration of the Site surface upon completion of the
remedial action.
The proposed Consent Decree also provides that the United States
covenants not to sue or take administrative action against ARCO and ACC
under Sections 106, 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 9607(a) and
Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'')
except as specifically provided in the consent decree.
The Department of Justice will provide a RCRA public meeting in the
affected area if requested and will receive, for a period of thirty
(30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments and/or a request for a RCRA public
meeting 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 v. Sadeane
Lang, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, DOJ Ref.
#90-11-3-709.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 350 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 150, Beaumont, Texas
77701; the Region VI Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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, NW,
3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $99.75 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-29705 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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