[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12576]



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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, notice 
is hereby given that on May 9, 1996, a proposed consent Decree in 
United States v. J.B. Stringfellow, Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 83-
2501 (JMI), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California. The Complaint in this action was 
brought pursuant to, inter alia, the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et 
seq., to recover costs incurred in connection with remedial activities 
at the Stringfellow Superfund Site in Riverside, California, and to 
obtain injunctive relief requiring the defendants to take further 
remedial actions at the Site.
    Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree certain third-party 
defendants determined to have been de minimis contributors of hazardous 
substances will resolve their liability to the United States, the 
State, and certain third-party plaintiffs in this action through a 
payment to the United States of $4,881,300, to be used exclusively for 
response actions in connection with the Stringfellow Superfund Site.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044. Comments should refer to United States v. J.B. 
Stringfellow, Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 83-2501 (JMI), D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-2-24.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Central District of California, Federal 
Building, Room 7516, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, 
California; Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 75 Hawthorn St., San Francisco, California; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 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.
    In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$39.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent 
Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-12576 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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