[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 231 (Wednesday, December 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 66581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32031]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Amendment Pursuant to CERCLA
In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on November 5, 1998, a proposed First Amendment to Consent
Decree in United States v. Beazer East, Inc., (S.D. TX.) (Civil No. H-
90-2406), was lodged with the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607. The proposed First
Amendment to Consent Decree provides for a change in the remedy
selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (``EPA'') for the
South Calvacade Site (the ``Site''). On March 14, 1991, the Court
entered the original Consent Decree in this case under which Beazer
East, Inc. (``Beazer'') agreed to reimburse response costs incurred by
EPA in connection with the Site, located in northeast Houston, Texas,
and to implement the final plan for remedial action selected by EPA,
embodied in the Record of Decision (``ROD''). The original ROD called
for excavation and ``washing'' of contaminated soils. In June 1997, EPA
amended the ROD as it pertains to the soil portion of the remedy, and
selected instead a reinforced concrete cap to be constructed over
contaminated soils at the Site. The groundwater portion of the remedy,
which calls for activated carbon adsorption, remains unchanged. The
proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree incorporates by reference
EPA's Amended ROD.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed
First Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and
should refer to United States v. Beazer East, Inc., D.J. ref. 90-11-2-
535.
The proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined at
the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Texas, 515 Rusk Street, 5th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. A copy of the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy,
please enclose a check in the amount of $20.75 ($0.25 per page for
reproduction costs) payable to: Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32031 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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