[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50869-50870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24838]


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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, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Sadeane Lang, Independent 
Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, Civil Action No. 1:94CV57, 
was lodged on August 7, 1996 with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. Donald R. Lang was 
the owner and/or operator at the time of disposal of hazardous 
substances of the Turtle Bayou Superfund Site (also known as the Petro-
Chemical Systems, Inc. Site) (``Site''), located in Liberty County, 
Texas, approximately fifteen miles southeast of the City of Liberty and

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approximately sixty-five miles northeast of Houston, Texas. The 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the Department of Justice 
incurred and continues to incur costs for response actions at and in 
connection with the Site. The proposed Consent Decree provides that 
based upon a limited ability to pay, the Defendant will pay $250,000 to 
the United States of the past costs incurred and paid by EPA and the 
Department of Justice through January 31, 1990. The proposed Consent 
Decree also provides that the United States covenants not to sue 
defendant Sadeane Lang, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donald 
R. Lang under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    The Department of Justice will provide a RCRA public meeting in the 
affected area if requested and will receive, for a period of thirty 
(30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments and/or a request for a RCRA public 
meeting 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. Sadeane 
Lang, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, DOJ Ref. 
#90-11-3-709.
    The proposed consent degree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 350 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 150, Beaumont, Texas 
77701; the Region VI Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; 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.
[FR Doc. 96-24838 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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