[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14848]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
ExxonMobil Corporation and Green Bluff Development, Inc., Civil Action 
No. 1:01CV15 (N.D.W.V), was lodged on May 28, 2002 with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The 
consent decree resolves the United States' claims against defendants 
ExxonMobil Corporation and Green Bluff Development, Inc. with respect 
to past response costs incurred through September 30, 1998, in 
connection with the Fairmont Cokeworks Site (``Site''), located in 
Marion County, West Virginia. Defendant ExxonMobil is the successor at 
law to Domestic Coke Corporation (``DCC''), which owned and operated 
the Site property prior until 1948, and defendant Green Bluff, a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil, which took title to the property 
in 1998.
    Under the consent decree, defendants will pay the United States 
$1,500,00 in reimbursement of past response costs incurred in 
connection with the Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty (30) 
days after entry of the consent decree by the Court.
    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 Thomas L. 
Sansonetti, Assistance Attorney General for the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and 
should refer to United States v. ExxonMobil Corp. and Green Bluff Dev., 
Inc., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06663.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1100 Main Street, Suite 200, Wheeling, West 
Virginia, 26003-0011; and the Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A copy 
of the proposed 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 refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page production 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14848 Filed 6-12-02; 8:45 am]
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