[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12576]
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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, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that on May 9, 1996, a proposed consent Decree in
United States v. J.B. Stringfellow, Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 83-
2501 (JMI), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
Central District of California. The Complaint in this action was
brought pursuant to, inter alia, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et
seq., to recover costs incurred in connection with remedial activities
at the Stringfellow Superfund Site in Riverside, California, and to
obtain injunctive relief requiring the defendants to take further
remedial actions at the Site.
Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree certain third-party
defendants determined to have been de minimis contributors of hazardous
substances will resolve their liability to the United States, the
State, and certain third-party plaintiffs in this action through a
payment to the United States of $4,881,300, to be used exclusively for
response actions in connection with the Stringfellow Superfund 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044. Comments should refer to United States v. J.B.
Stringfellow, Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 83-2501 (JMI), D.J. Ref. No.
90-11-2-24.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Central District of California, Federal
Building, Room 7516, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles,
California; Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection
Agency, 75 Hawthorn St., San Francisco, California; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005,
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained
in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library.
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of
$39.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent
Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-12576 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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