[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58141-58142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25552]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 25, 2003, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. City of Long Beach, California, 
Civil Action No. CV 01-08790 PA (RCx) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    In this action the United States sought to recover unpaid response 
costs, pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 
(``CERCLA'') incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in 
connection with the release of hazardous substances at the Enviropur 
West Corporation Superfund Site, located in Signal Hill, California. 
Under the proposed Consent Decree, the City will pay $290,000 to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund to

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reimburse the United States for a portion of its past response costs.
    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. City of Long Beach, California, D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-1656/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 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 $5.50 
(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. 03-25552 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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