[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6094]



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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, and 
Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
v. Mobil Mining and Minerals Co., Civil Action No. CV H 96 0605 was 
lodged on February 21, 1996 with the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Texas.
    The proposed consent decree settles the government's claims set 
forth in the complaint pursuant to Sections 107 and 113 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607, 9613, for damages for injury to, destruction of or loss of 
natural resources belonging to, managed by, controlled by or 
appertaining to the United States or the State of Texas, including the 
cost of assessing such injury or loss, because of a release of 
hazardous substances from a facility known as the Mobil Pasadena 
facility (Mobil Site) located in Pasadena, Texas. The complaint 
alleges, inter alia, that the defendant is an owner and operator of the 
Pasadena facility from which hazardous substances were released on 
April 6, 1992.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the defendants 
agree to fund and implement a remedy near the Pasadena site which 
includes the creation and maintenance of a Wetlands Restoration 
Project.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Mobil Mining and Minerals Co., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1027.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, 910 Travis St., 
suite 1500, Houston, TX 77002 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 $6.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-6094 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]
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