[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 64 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17534-17535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8074]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Sections 104 and 
107 of Cercla

    Notice is hereby given that on March 13, 2000, the United States 
lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Texas, in United States of America v. 
Texas City Refining, Inc., No. G-00-145, and Amoco Chemical Company v. 
United States, et al., No. G-96-272, pursuant to Sections 104 and 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9604 and 9607. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves civil claims of the United States and Amoco Chemical 
Company (``Amoco'') against Texas City Refining, Inc. in connection 
with the Tex Tin Superfund Site, located in Texas City and La Marque, 
Texas. Texas City Refining, a dissolved Delaware corporation, will pay 
$50,000 to the United States and $12,500 to Amoco in reimbursement of 
response costs incurred at the Site by the Environmental Protection 
Agency and Amoco.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States of 
America v. Texas City Refining, Inc., DJ No. 90-11-3-1669/2.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 515 Rusk, 
Ste. 3300, Houston, Texas 77002, and the Region VI Office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
75202. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $8.00, 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-8074 Filed 3-31-00; 8:45 am]
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