[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24837]


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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. 50.7 and 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on September 17, 1996, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., et 
al., Civil Action No. 96-6518 KMW, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California. That action was 
brought against defendants pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, and Section 7003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6973, for cleanup of, 
and payment of certain costs to be incurred by the United States at the 
Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Management Facility in Casmalia 
(Santa Barbara County), California.
    Under the consent decree, the settlors will perform the first phase 
of cleanup at the Site and pay certain costs to be incurred by the 
United States concerning this work. Subject to available funds, they 
will also perform an additional phase of Site cleanup. In exchange for 
these commitments, the settlors will receive partial covenants not to 
sue for the facility under common law and sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA and Section 7003 of RCRA.
    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 v. ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-611A. 
[Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the 
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.]
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined a the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Central District of California, 300 N. Los 
Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and at 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, 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 $69.25 for 
the entire decree, with signature pages and appendices payable to the 
Consent Decree Library (25 cents per page reproduction cost). (You may 
also pay $35.25 for the decree without signature pages or Appendices, 
and/or $14.00 for the signature pages, and/or $20.00 for the 
appendices.)
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24837 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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