[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54218-54219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26608]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 27, 1996 a proposed First 
Amended Consent Decree in United States and State of California v. 
Shell Oil Company, Inc., et al., Case No. CV 91-0589 RJK(Ex) was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Central District of 
California. This First Amended Consent Decree represents a settlement 
of claims against McAuley LCX Corporation (``McAuley'') for costs 
incurred in connection with the McColl Superfund Site (``Site'') in 
Fullerton, California under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607.
    Under this settlement between the United States and the State of 
California (``Plaintiffs'') and McAuley, McAuley will pay the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') $184,000 for past 
United States response costs. The First Amended Consent Decree also 
requires McAuley to pay the State of California $66,000 for past State 
response costs.
    A Consent Decree resolving claims against McAuley was previously 
lodged with the Court on December 1, 1995. However, subsequent to the 
lodging of that Consent Decree, EPA issued a Record of Decision 
(``ROD'') regarding the groundwater remedy at the Site. As a result, 
the earlier Consent Decree has been amended to ensure that McAuley does 
not take actions that would adversely affect the implementation of this 
remedial action. Additionally, the First Amended Consent Decree more 
specifically describes the matters addressed in the Covenant Not to 
Sue. This First Amended Consent Decree is similar in all other material 
respects to the Consent Decree lodged on December 1, 1995.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed First Amended Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States and State

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of California v. Shell Oil Company, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-3A.
    The proposed First Amended Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Central District of California, 
Room 7516, Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, 
California 90012 and at Region IX, Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 
94105, 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 and exhibits thereto 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 enclose a check in 
the amount of $9.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26608 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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