[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 66465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21883]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on October 17, 2005, the United States 
lodged a proposed Consent Decree between the United States, the State 
of Arkansas, the Signature Combs plaintiffs, and Oakley-Keesee Ford, 
Inc. (``Oakley-Keesee'') with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Arkansas in United States et al. v. Oakley-Keesee 
Ford, Nos. 3:98CV00362, 3:98CV00363, consolidated with Signature Comb, 
Inc. et al. v. Oakley-Keesee Ford, No. 3:02CV00125 (SMR).
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United 
States, the State of Arkansas, and the Signature Combs plaintiffs 
against Oakley-Keesee under sections 106(b) and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, regarding the Gurley Pit and South 
8th Street Superfund Sites located in Crittenden County, Arkansas. 
Under the proposed decree, Oakley-Keesee has agreed to pay the 
plaintiffs $260,000 within 30 days of the effective date of the Consent 
Decree as follows: (1) $150,000 will be paid to the Superfund in 
partial reimbursement of the United States' past and future response 
costs at the Sites; (2) $100,000 will be paid to the superfund in 
penalties for the defendant's failure to comply with the Unilateral 
Administrative Order to perform the remedial action at the South 8th 
Street Site; and (3) $10,000 will be paid to the State in partial 
reimbursement of State's past and future response costs at the Sites. 
Oakley-Keesee also has agreed to pay the Signature Combs plaintiffs 
$300,000 in partial reimbursement of response costs expended by the 
Signature Combs plaintiffs related to the Sites.
    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 Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
United States Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States et al. v. 
Oakley-Keesee Ford, DJ No. 90-11-2-196/2.
    The proposed 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 proposed 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 $8.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

    Dated: October 19, 2005.
Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21883 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
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