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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Shell Oil 
Company, Inc., et al.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on September 15, 1994 a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States and State of California v. Shell Oil Company, Inc., et 
al. Case No. CF 91-0589 RJK(Ex) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California. This Consent 
Decree represents a settlement of claims against Shell Oil Company, 
Union Oil Company of California, Atlantic Richfield Company and Texaco, 
Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') for costs incurred in connection with 
the McColl Superfund Site in Fullerton, California under Section 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    Under this settlement between the United States and the State of 
California (``Plaintiffs'') and the Settling Defendants, the Settling 
Defendants will pay the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') $13,248,000 for past United States response costs. The 
Consent Decree also requires the Settling Defendants to pay the State 
of California $4,752,000 for past State response costs. Under the 
Consent Decree, the Plaintiffs obtain a declaratory judgment against 
the Settling Defendants for all future response costs incurred in 
connection with the McColl Site. The Consent Decree imposes a penalty 
of $5,000 per day for each day payment of past response costs to the 
Plaintiffs is late.
    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, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States and State of California v. Shell Oil Company, Inc., et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-3A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Central District of California, Room 7516 
Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California 
90217 and at 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 Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-25474 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]
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