[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in In re Kaiser Aluminum 
Corporation Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation 
and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on August 22, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware in In re Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, No. 02-10429 
(JKF) (Bankr. D. Del.). The Consent Decree among the United States on 
behalf of U.S. EPA, Department of Interior, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, the States of 
Rhode Island, and Washington, the State of California Department of 
Toxic Substances Control and the State of California Department of Fish 
and Game, the Puyallap Tribe of Indians, the Debtor Kaiser Aluminum 
Corporation and certain of its Debtor affiliates, including Kaiser 
Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, resolves CERCLA claims against the 
Debtors for the following 66 hazardous waste sites, denominated as 
``Liquidated Sites'' under the Consent Decree: Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps 
Superfund Site in Aberdeen, NC; American Chemical Services Site in 
Griffith, IN; Aqua Tech Environmental Inc. Site in Greer, SC; ARRCOM 
Corporation Site in Kootenai County, ID; Bay Area Drum Site in San 
Francisco, CA; Bay Drums (a.k.a. Peak Oil Co.) Site in Brandon, FL; 
Bayou Sorrel Site in Bayou Sorrell, LA; Breslube Penn Superfund Site in 
Coroapolis, PA; Cannons Engineering Corporation Site in Bridgewater, 
MA, Plymouth, MA and Londenderry, NH and Gilson Road, a.k.a. 
Sylvester's in Nashua, NH; Casmalia Disposal Site in Santa Barbara 
County, CA; Center for Technology (a.k.a. CFT or Pleasanton Center for 
Technology) Site in Pleasanton, CA (with respect to the State of 
California only); Chemical Control Superfund Site in Elizabeth, NJ; 
Chemical Handling Corporation Site in Broomfield, CO; Coastal Radiation 
Services Site in St. Gabriel, LA; Combustion Inc. Site in Livingston, 
LA; Commencement Bay (Hylebos Waterway) Site in Tacoma, WA; Commercial 
Oil Services Site in Toledo, OH; Custom Distribution Services Site in 
Perth Amboy, NJ; Diamond State Salvage Yard in Wilmington, DE; Doepke-
Holliday Site in Johnson County, KS; Douglassville Disposal/Berks 
Reclamation Site in Douglassville, PA; Dubose Oil Products Superfund 
Site in Cantonment, FL; Dutchtown Refinery Site in Dutchtown, LA; 
Eastern Diversified Metals Superfund Site in Hometown, PA; Ekotek 
(a.k.a. Petrochem Recycling) Site in Salt Lake City, UT; Ellis Road 
Site in Jacksonville, FL; Envirotek II Site in Tonawanda, NY; 
Ettlinger's Pit in Duval County, FL; Four County Landfill Site in De 
Long, IN; French Limited Site in Crosby, TX; Geigy Superfund Site in 
Aberdeen, NC; General Refining Site in Garden City, GA: Gibson 
Environmental, Inc. Site in Bakersfield, CA; Great Lakes Container Site 
in St. Louis, MO; Higgins Disposal Site in Somerset County, NJ; 
Hillsdale Drums Site in Hillsdale and Amite, LA; Huth Oil Services Site 
in Cleveland, OH; Laskin Poplar Site in Ashtabula County, OH; Liquid 
Disposal Site in Utica, MI; Liquid Dynamics Site in Chicago, IL; 
Lorentz Barrel & Drum Site in San Jose, CA; Marzone Site in Tipton, GA; 
Metamora Landfill Site in Lapeer County, MI; Moyer's Landfill Site in 
Collegeville, PA; Operating Industries, Inc. Corporation Site in 
Monterey Park, CA; Pickettville Road Landfill Site in Jacksonville, FL; 
PRC Patterson Site in Patterson, CA; Pristine, Inc. Site in Reading, 
OH; Quicksilver Products, Inc. Site in Brisbane, CA (with respect to 
the State of California only); Richmond Railyard Site in Richmond, CA; 
Richmond Shipyard No. 2 (a.k.a. Marina Bay Development) Site in 
Richmond, CA; Rouse Steel Drums Site in Jacksonville, FL; Sadler Drum 
Superfund Site in Mulberry, FL; Sand Springs Petrochemical Complex Site 
in Sand Springs, OK; Sea Cliff Marina Site in Richmond, CA (with 
respect to the State of California only); Spokane Junkyard in Spokane, 
WA; Stickney Ave. Landfill & Tyler St. Dump Site in Toledo, OH; Tacoma 
Reduction Facility Site in Tacoma, WA; Tex-Tin Site in Texas City, TX; 
Tremont City Landfill Site in Clark County, OH; Tri-County and Elgin 
Landfills Site in South Elgin, IL; Waste, Inc. Landfill Site in 
Michigan City, IN; West County Landfill Site in Contra Costa County, 
CA; West Virginia Ordnance Works (a.k.a. Point Pleasant Landfill) Site 
in Mason County, WV; XTRON Site in Blanding, UT; and Yellow Water Road 
Superfund Site in Baldwin, FL.
    Under the Consent Decree, in addition to amounts previously paid, 
the Debtors have agreed to allowed claims in the total amount of 
$24,486,021. The Consent Decree also contains provisions pertaining to 
the treatment of four other categories of sites: Debtor-Owned Sites, 
Discharged Sites, Additional Sites, and Reserved Sites.
    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 
In re Kaiser Aluminum Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-00769/1. 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 for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite 
1100, Wilmington, DE, and at the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. 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, 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 $11.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21919 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]
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