[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15918-15919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8529]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in United States v. Amerada
Hess Corp., et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v.
Amerada Hess Corp., et al., Case No. 97-522 (W.D. La.), was lodged on
March 14, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Louisiana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain
claims of the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA against 28 settling
parties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq. relating to the PAB Oil
Site near Abbeville, in
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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Under the Decree, potentially responsible
parties will, inter alia, pay the United States $637,500 towards past
response costs, pay oversight costs up to $910,000, and agree not to
seek any reimbursement from the United States for implementing remedial
action pursuant to an administrative order.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Amerada Hess Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1405. The proposed
Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 300 Fannin St., Suite
3201, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101-3068; the Region 6 Office of the
United States 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 of the proposed Consent
Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $30.50 (25 cents per
page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-8529 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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