[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28951]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 2002, the United States 
lodged a proposed Consent Decree between the United States, the State 
of Arkansas and Oakley-Keesee Ford, Inc. (``Oakley-Keesee'') with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 
United States et al. v. Oakley-Keesee Ford, Nos. 3:98CV00362, 
3:98CV00363, consolidated with Signature Comb, Inc. et al. v. Oakley-
Keesee Ford, No. 3:02CV00125 (SMR).
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United 
States and the State of Arkansas against Oakley-Keesee under sections 
106(b) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, 
regarding the Gurley Pit and South 8th Street Superfund Sites located 
in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Under the proposed decree, Oakley-
Keesee has agreed to pay the plaintiffs $310,000 within 30 days of the 
effective date of the Consent Decree as follows: (1) $200,000 will be 
paid to the Superfund in partial reimbursement of the United States' 
past and future response costs at the Sites; (2) $100,000 will be paid 
to the Superfund in penalties for the defendant's failure to comply 
with the Unilateral Administrative Order to perform the remedial action 
at the South 8th Street Site; and (3) $10,000 will be paid to the State 
in partial reimbursement of State's past and future response costs at 
the Sites.
    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 et al. v. 
Oakley-Keesee Ford, DJ No. 90-11-2-196/2.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 425 West 
Capital, Suite 500, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201; and at 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 $7.50, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-28951 Filed 11-14-02; 8:45 am]
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