[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7294]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 507 notice is hereby given that on March 6, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Archer Daniels, et 
al. Civil Action No. 03-CV-1593WJR was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    In this action, under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607, the United States sought injunctive relief and recovery 
of response costs to remedy conditions in connection with the release 
or threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at 
the Waste Disposal, Inc. Superfund Site in Santa Fe Springs, California 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Site'').
    The defendants in this action are as follows: Archer Daniels 
Midland Company; Atlantic Oil Company; Atlantic Richfield Company; 
Chevron USA, Inc.; Conoco, Inc.; Conopco, Inc.; Dilo, Inc.; Exxon Mobil 
Corporation; Ferro Corporation; FMC Technologies, Inc. (successor in 
interest to FMC Corporation); Global Santa Fe Corporation; Halliburton 
Energy Services, Inc.; McDonnell Douglas Corporation; Shell Oil 
Company; Texaco, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company; and Union Oil 
Company of California (Hereinafter referred to collectively as ``the 
Settlors'')
    Under this settlement, the Settlors, which arranged for the 
disposal of hazardous substances at the Site, have agreed to perform 
the remedy chosen by EPA to clean up the Site, and pay $1,250,000 of 
the past response costs of the United States, and pay all of the future 
response costs of the United States to be incurred at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
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 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Archer Daniels, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1000. At the 
Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue under section 7003 of 
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), commenters may request an opportunity for a 
public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) 
of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region IV, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $112.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In 
requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits and defendants' signatures, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $28.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 03-7294 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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