[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29751-29752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14333]
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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 embodying a
settlement in United States v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al., Civil Action
No. F-98-5412 REC DLB, was lodged on April 21, 1998, with the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
In the complaint filed concurrently with the lodging of the consent
decree, the United States sought injunctive relief for performance of
response actions, and reimbursement for response costs incurred by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, in response to releases
of hazardous substances at the Purity Oil Sales Superfund Site, located
near Fresno, California pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq. The settling defendants have agreed to contribute towards
performance of future response actions at the Purity Site; defendant
Chevron USA Inc. has agreed to perform that work. Future work includes
operation and maintenance of the groundwater extraction and treatment
system for the groundwater operable unit (estimated to cost $10
million) and construction, operation, and maintenance of the components
of the soils operable unit (estimated to cost between $10 and 12
million). The soils operable unit includes treatment of soils at a
depth of 14 to 40 feet with a soil vapor extraction system,
construction of a cap and retaining wall at the site, emplacement of a
25-foot deep soil/bentonite slurry wall around the site, and enclosure
of an on-site canal in a reinforced concrete pipe.
The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue under Sections
106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, and under Section 7003 of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
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,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-355.
Commenters may request a public hearing in the affected area, pursuant
to Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, Room 3654
Federal Building, 1130 ``O'' Street, Fresno, California 93721; the
Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California 94105; and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 ``G'' Street, NW., 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
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Decree Library, 1120 ``G'' Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $116.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. A copy of
the decree, exclusive of signature pages and attachments, may be
obtained for $21.50.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-14333 Filed 5-29-98; 8:45 am]
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