[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66462-66463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21881]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 17, 2005, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and State of Texas v. BP AMOCO Chemical 
Company, et al., Civil Action No. 4:05-cv-03547, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    In this action the United States and the State of Texas (``State'') 
sought natural resource damages as a result of the release of hazardous 
substances

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from the Brio Refining, Inc. (``Brio'') Superfund Site and the Dixie 
Oil Processors (``Dixie'' or ``DOP'') Superfund Site pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''). The Brio and DOP Superfund Sites are located near the 
Town of Friendswood in Harris County, Texas.
    Under the Consent Decree, BP AMOCO Chemical Co., Atlantic Richfield 
Co., Allied Waste industries, Chevron Chemical Co., Total 
Petrochemicals USA, Inc., GE Petrochemicals, Inc., CNA Holdings, Inc., 
Huntsman Corp., Pharmacia Corp., Union Carbide Corp., The Dow Chemical 
Co., Merichem Co., Rohm and Haas Co., and Lyondell Chemical Co. 
(``Defendants'') will undertake (1) the preservation of at least 100 
acres of bottomland hardwood forest habitat, including at least 30 
acres in the 100-year flood plain along Mud Gully and Clear creek, (2) 
the re-colonization of 19 acres of former pasture with native 
vegetation, and (3) the creation of six acres of riparian wetland in 
the vicinity of the Superfund Sites. The companies also will pay the 
State and federal trustees approximately $347,000 in past assessment 
costs and estimated future restoration costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed 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. BP AMOCO Chemical Company. et al., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-11-2-325/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined during the public comment period 
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, Washing, 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 complete copy 
of the consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $37.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy of the Consent 
Decree, exclusive of exhibits and defendants' signatures, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $12.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21881 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
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