[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31154]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on December 3, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Island Chemical 
Company, et al., Civil Action No. 2003-193 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, Division 
of St. Criox.
    In this action the United States sought the implementation of the 
remedy set forth in the Record of Decision issued August 13, 2002, and 
the recovery of costs incurred by the United States in response to 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Site 
pursuant to sections 106, 107(a) and 113 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a) and 9613. The Consent Decree, 
which was lodged concurrently with the filing of the complaint, 
resolves the United States' claims under the Complaint, recovers 
$490,000 of unreimbursed past costs, plus future costs, and obligates 
the Settling Defendants to perform the Remedial Design/Remedial Action 
(``RD/RA'') at the Site valued at approximately $1.4 million with a 
contingency groundwater remedy estimated to cost an additional $1 
million.
    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. Island Chemical Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
954/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of the Virgin Islands, P.O. Box 3239 
Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00822, (contact Assistant 
United States Attorney Ernest A. Batenga) and at U.S. EPA Region II, 
290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact Assistant Regional 
Counsel Carol Berns). 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 $41.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-31154 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]
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