[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60022-60023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29705]


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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 October 27, 1998 with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division.
    In the First Amended Complaint, the United States alleges that 
Atlantic Richfield Company (``ARCO'') and ARCO Chemical Company 
(``ACC'') are successors to and assumed liability for persons who by 
contract, agreement, or otherwise arranged for disposal or treatment, 
of hazardous substances at the Turtle Bayou Superfund Site (also known 
as the Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc. Site) (``Site''), located in 
Liberty County, Texas. The United States alleges that ARCO and ACC are 
liable under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability

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Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607 for costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in response to the release of hazardous 
substances at the Site.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires ARCO and ACC to perform nearly 
all of the remedial action for the Site, at a cost of approximately $20 
million. The remedial action includes in-situ aquifer bioremediation, 
bioventing, aqueous phase soil bioremediation, soil excavation and off-
site treatment and/or disposal, soil excavation and biotreatment, 
thermal desorption, soil washing, containment, monitored natural 
attenuation, institutional controls, soil vapor extraction, 
installation of storm water management controls, monitoring ground 
water, and restoration of the Site surface upon completion of the 
remedial action.
    The proposed Consent Decree also provides that the United States 
covenants not to sue or take administrative action against ARCO and ACC 
under Sections 106, 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 9607(a) and 
Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') 
except as specifically provided in the consent decree.
    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 decree 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, NW, 3rd 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, NW, 
3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $99.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-29705 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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