[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25996]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    Under 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 
12, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Marine Shale 
Processors, Inc., Civ. No. CV90-1240, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
    In this action against Marine Shale Processors, Inc., (``MSP'') the 
United States sought to recover civil penalties and enjoin violations 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413. The United States also sought 
relief under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 9604, 9606, and 
9607. MSP operated a facility in Morgan City, Louisiana that treated 
hazardous waste by combustion.
    This settlement resolves civil claims pending against MSP, as well 
as the civil claims against Southern Wood Piedmont, one of MSP's 
customers, and Recycling Park, Inc., an intervenor. The Proposed Decree 
also settles the claims of the State of Louisiana, co-Plaintiff in a 
number of the claims.
    Under the proposed Decree, a new company, GTX, Inc. will purchase 
the assets and liabilities of MSP if and when GTX obtains certain 
environmental permits. MSP will pay a total penalty in excess of $10 
million. GTX will dispose of the incinerator ash produced by MSP in a 
RCRA Subtitle C landfill. Further, GTX will upgrade the pollution 
control devices and hazardous waste storage tanks at the Facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. 
Marine Shale Processors, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-204.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, New 
Orleans, LA 70130, at U.S. EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 
75202-2733, and at 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 $30.00 (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. 97-25996 Filed 9-30-97; 8:45 am]
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