[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12899-12900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5195]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendments to Partial Consent 
Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on March 8, 2005, proposed Amendments 
to Partial Consent Decree were lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Tennessee in United States v. 
Velsicol Chemical Corp., No. 91-2815-G (W.D. Tenn.). The proposed 
Amendments entered into among the United States on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Velsicol Chemical Corporation 
(``Velsicol''), and the City of Memphis would substitute the Custodial 
Trust created in the bankruptcy settlement agreement in In re Fruit of 
the Loom, Inc., No. 99-4497 (Bankr. D. Del.) for Velsicol and would 
resolve Velsicol's obligations under the Partial Consent Decree as 
provided in the Amendments and the bankruptcy settlement agreement. The 
1991 Partial Consent Decree concerns the North Hollywood Dump Site 
located in Memphis, Tennessee.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Amendments for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication. 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. Velsicol Chemical Corp., DJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-
629.
    The proposed Amendments may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 800 Clifford 
Davis Federal Office Building, 167 N. Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee 
38103, and at the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
During the public comment period, the proposed Amendments may also be 
examined on the following

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Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the proposed Amendments 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 $29.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury for 
the entire Stipulated Order and attachments or the amount of $3.00 for 
the Amendments without attachments.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-5195 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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