[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16215]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
This Notice amends a Notice previously published at 63 FR 29751-
29752 (Wed., Jun. 1, 1998), announcing that a proposed consent decree
was lodged on April 21, 1998 with the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of California. The Consent Decree embodies a
settlement in United States v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al., Civil Action
No. F-98-5412 REC DLB. This Notice makes technical corrections to the
description of the work to be performed under the Consent Decree.
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.
Sec. 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 may include treatment of soils
at a depth of 14 to 40 feet with a soil vapor extraction system pending
a two-year soil vapor monitoring program, construction of a cap, 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. Secs. 9606, 9607, and under Section
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42
U.S.C. Sec. 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Chevron USA Inc., 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. Sec. 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, 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,
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. 98-16215 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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