[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10930-10931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5671]


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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 February 14, 2002, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Kenneth H. Hunter, Jr., et al., 
Civil No. 97-9449 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 Kenneth H. Hunter, Jr., Hunter Resources, and Casmalia 
Resources (``defendants'') relating to the Casmalia Resources Hazardous 
Waste Disposal Site (``Site'') located near Casmalia, California. The 
United States alleged in its complaint that the defendants owned and/or 
operated 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. 9601 
et seq.
    The consent decree requires the defendants to pay $6.957 million 
and imposes limitations on property owned by Casmalia Resources. The 
defendants also waive any claim that they may have to the Casmalia 
Closure/Post-Closure Trust Fund, which is currently valued in excess of 
$13 million. The consent decree also provides protection to certain 
peripheral parties.
    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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

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20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Kenneth H. Hunter, 
Jr., et al., DOJ Ref. 90-7-1-611D. A copy of all comments should also 
be sent to Bradley R. O'Brien, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, 301 
Howard Street, Suite 1050, San Francisco, CA 94105. A public hearing 
will also be scheduled on this proposed settlement.
    The consent decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A copy of the consent 
decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to United States v. Kenneth H. 
Hunter, Jr., et al. Civil No. 97-9449 CAS (RZx), DOJ Ref. 90-7-1-611D, 
and enclose a check in the amount of $72.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5671 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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