[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20669]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree, Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 31, 2003, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Acorn Engineering Company, 
et al., Civil Action No. 03-5470-WJR (FMOx), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Central District of California.
    The United States' claims in this action arise under Sections 106 
and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and section 7003 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973, for releases and threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at the Puente Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley 
Superfund Site, Area 4, Los Angeles County, California, that may 
present an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or 
welfare or the environment.
    The consent decree resolves settling defendants' liability for past 
costs, future costs, and work associated with the remedial action 
required for the Site set forth in the Environmental Protection 
Agency's 1998 Interim Record of Decision.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of third (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. Acorn Engineering Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
354/1. 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 the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 
and at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California. During the public comment period the 
consent decree also may be examined on the following Department of 
Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
consent decree also may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. 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 $14.25 (57 pages @ 25 
cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-20669 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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