[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 53 (Thursday, March 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12866-12867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6058]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on March 5, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in United States et 
al. v. Adams Family Trust, et al., Civil Action Number CV 04-1490-RSWL 
(CWx), was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California.
    The consent decree resolves claims against 38 defendants brought by 
the United States on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') and by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control 
(``DTSC'') under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs incurred and to be incurred 
by EPA and DTSC in responding to the release and threatened release of 
hazardous substances at the El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel 
Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in Los Angeles County, California. Under 
the Consent Decree, the Defendants will pay $1,932,500 plus interest 
for past costs, pay all of EPA and DTSC's future costs relating to the 
interim remedy for the El Monte Operable Unit, and perform the interim 
remedy for the El Monte Operable Unit. The United States and DTSC 
covenant not to sue the 38 Defendants regarding the past costs, the 
interim remedy work, and future costs associated with the interim 
remedy work required to be performed under the Consent Decree.
    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 et al. v. Adams Family Trust, et al., DOJ Ref. 
90-11-2-354/3. 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 
90012, and the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
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: 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 
20041-7611, 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

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copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $25.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury, to obtain a copy of the Consent Decree, excluding the 
numerous pages of attachments. To obtain the entire Consent Decree, 
including all attachments, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$82.75 payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-6058 Filed 3-17-04; 8:45 am]
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