[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2304]


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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 a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States of America v. Braselman Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 
96-0872 was lodged on January 13, 1997 with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
    In its Third Amended Complaint, filed with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States 
alleges under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, that 
the defendant is liable for reimbursement of response costs incurred 
and to be incurred by the United States at the Bayou Bonfouca Superfund 
Site (``Site'') located in the City of Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, 
Louisiana.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Fleming American Investment 
Trust plc (``Fleming American''), one of the eight defendants listed in 
the Third Amended Complaint, has agreed to pay the EPA Hazardous 
Substance Superfund (``Superfund'') $3,600,000 in reimbursement of past 
and future response costs. On December 24, 1996, the United States 
moved to enter a previous Consent Decree for the Site in which Kerr-
McGee Chemical Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation have agreed to 
pay $20,000,000 to the Superfund. The proposed Consent Decree between 
the United States and Fleming American does not resolve the potential 
liability of the other five defendants at the 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States of America v. Braselman Corporation et al., DOJ Ref. No. 
90-11-2-803A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Hal Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine 
Street, 2nd Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; the Region VI Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
75202-2733; 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 M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2304 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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