[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15918-15919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8529]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in United States v. Amerada 
Hess Corp., et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. 
Amerada Hess Corp., et al., Case No. 97-522 (W.D. La.), was lodged on 
March 14, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Louisiana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain 
claims of the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA against 28 settling 
parties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq. relating to the PAB Oil 
Site near Abbeville, in

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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Under the Decree, potentially responsible 
parties will, inter alia, pay the United States $637,500 towards past 
response costs, pay oversight costs up to $910,000, and agree not to 
seek any reimbursement from the United States for implementing remedial 
action pursuant to an administrative order.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. 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 v. 
Amerada Hess Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1405. The proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 300 Fannin St., Suite 
3201, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101-3068; the Region 6 Office of the 
United States 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 of the proposed Consent 
Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $30.50 (25 cents per 
page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-8529 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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