[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5614-5615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2856]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 28, 2001, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. State of California, Civil No. 01-
11161 CAS (RZx), was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Central District of California.
    This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought 
against the State of California (``State'') relating to the Casmalia 
Resources Hazardous Waste Disposal Site (``Site'') located near 
Casmalia, California. The United States alleges in its complaint that 
the State disposed hazardous substances at the Site and seeks the 
recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred related to the 
Site pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.
    The consent decree requires the State to pay $15 million, in 
addition to agreeing not to seek reimbursement of $1.4 million in 
response costs incurred by the California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control. The total value of the State's settlement is $16.4 
million.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of sixty (60) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
consent decree. As a result of the discovery of anthrax contamination 
at the District of Columbia mail processing center in mid-October, 
2001, the delivery of regular first-class mail sent through the U.S. 
Postal Service has been disrupted. Consequently, public comments which 
are addressed to the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and sent 
by regular, first-class mail through the U.S. Postal Service are not 
expected to be received in timely manner. Therefore, comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, and

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Sent: (1) C/o Bradley R. O'Brien; U.S. Department of Justice, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement 
Section, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, San Francisco, California, 
94105 and/or (2) by facsimile to Bradley R. O'Brien at (415) 744-6476; 
and/or (3) by overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal 
Service, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York 
Avenue, NW., 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication 
should refer on its face to United States v. State of California, Civil 
No. 01-11161 CAS (RZx), DOJ Ref. 90-7-1-611/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 9 office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 95 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained by faxing a request to 
Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, fax no. 
(202) 616-6584; phone confirmation no. (202) 514-1547. There is a 
charge for the copy (25 cent per page reproduction cost). Upon 
requesting a copy, please mail a check payable to the ``U.S. 
Treasury'', in the amount of $9.00, to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The 
check should refer to United States v. State of California, Civil No. 
01-11161 CAS (RZx), DOJ Ref. 90-7-1-611/1.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-2856 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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