[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60853]
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 Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 38 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby 
given that on September 29, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree 
(``Decree'') in United States v. Allied Oil & Supply Company et al, 
Civil Action No. 05-2419 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Kansas.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States against Allied Oil 
& Supply Co., Baker Petrolite Corp., Citgo Petroleum Corp., Chevron 
Environmental Management Co., Conocophillips Co., Cook Composites and 
Polymers Comp., Curran Paint and Varnish Company, Elementis Chemicals 
Inc., Harcros Chemicals Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., Heathwood Oil Co., 
Inc., Mallinckrodt Inc., Pam Oil Inc., and 3M Co. (``Settling 
Defendants'') under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for 
recovery of response costs incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Container Recycling Superfund Site 
located in Kansas City, Kansas (``Site''). The Decree requires the 
Settling Defendants pay $1,127,000 in reimbursement of EPA's past 
response costs. EPA does not plan further response action at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. Allied Oil & Supply Co., Civil Action No. 05-2419 (D. 
Kansas), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1322/4.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Kansas, and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. During the public comment period, 
the Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 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 $7.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-20934 Filed 10-18-05; 8:45 am]
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