[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1183]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on January 30, 2006, a proposed consent 
decree in United States et al. v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation, 
Case No. 8:06-cv-00308-GRA, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of South Carolina.
    In this action, the United States, the Office of the Governor of 
the State of South Carolina, the Director of the South Carolina 
Department of Natural Resources, the Commissioner of the South Carolina 
Department of Health and Environmental Control, and the Commissioner of 
the Georgia Department of Natural Resources filed claims for natural 
resource damages against Schlumberger Technology Corporation 
(``Schlumberger'') arising from the release of polychlorinated 
biphenyls at and from the Sangamo Weston/Twelvemile Creek/Lake Hartwell 
PCB Contamination Superfund Site under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1), (2) and 
(4), and the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f). The consent decree 
requires Schlumberger to: (1) Pay $11,960,000 into the Department of 
the Interior's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund 
to be used by the natural resource trustees for projects to compensate 
the public for injuries to natural resources; (2) to pay $537,501 to 
reimburse the trustees for past costs and to pay for certain future 
costs to be incurred by the trustees; and (3) to complete a restoration 
project consisting of the removal of two dams on Twelvemile Creek.
    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, with a copy to Ann 
Hurley, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, San 
Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States et al. v. 
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-696/1.
    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined 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, 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 $12.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1183 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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