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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees; Southern Pacific 
Transportation Corp., et al.

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that two proposed consent decrees in 
United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Corporation, et al., 
consolidated with, People of the State of California v. Southern 
Pacific Transportation Corporation, et al., CIV-S-92-1117, were lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
California on March 14, 1994. These consolidated actions were brought 
pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, Section 311 of the 
Clean Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1321, and the Rivers and Harbors Act, 
33 U.S.C. Sec. 407, as well as under various state statutes and the 
common law.
    Under the first proposed consent decree, AMVAC Chemical Corporation 
and American Vanguard Corporation agree to pay $2 million to the United 
States and the State of California in compensation of the claims 
alleged against those corporations. The second proposed consent decree 
provides that Southern Pacific Transportation Company and related 
corporations, GATX Corporation, General American Transportation 
Corporation, J.M. Huber Corporation, Trinity Chemical Industries, Inc., 
and Transmatrix, Inc., agree to pay the United States and the State of 
California $36 million over a period of five years. These funds are 
being paid to reimburse the United States and the State of California 
for environmental response costs, health study costs, natural resource 
damages, penalties, state law claims, and common law damages incurred 
as a result of the derailment of a Southern Pacific train and 
subsequent spill of hazardous substances into the Upper Sacramento 
River. No further response activities are anticipated at this site; 
however, ongoing natural resource damage restoration projects will be 
conducted pursuant to a Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan 
designed by the plaintiffs and pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement 
between the governments.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decrees for a period of 30 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Acting Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All comments should 
refer to United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Corporation, 
et al., DOJ Number 90-5-1-1-3820.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Room 3305, Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse, 
650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814; the Region IX Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed consent 
decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. Any 
request for a copy of the proposed consent decrees should be 
accompanied by a check in the amount of $10.25 for the AMVAC decree and 
$10.50 for the Southern Pacific decree, for copying costs ($0.25 per 
page), payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-25476 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]
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