[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 15764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3027]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 507 notice is hereby given that on January 12, 
2006, a proposed Consent Decree in the case United States v. Adeline R. 
Bennett, MD Living Trust and Pitts Grandchildren's Trust, Civil Action 
No. LACV 06-0238 DDP (AJWx), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California. This is the second public 
notice and comment period for this Consent Decree. The first notice was 
published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2006, Volume 71, 
Number 21, Page 5379.
    In this action, under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607, the United States sought injunctive relief and recovery 
of response costs to remedy conditions in connection with the release 
or threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at 
the Waste Disposal, Inc. Superfund Site in Santa Fe Springs, California 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Site'' or ``WDI Site.'').
    The defendants in this action own a portion of the WDI Site, and 
the purpose of the settlement is to provide to the United States the 
access and institutional controls or environmental restriction 
covenants which are required to perform the remedial action at the 
Site. In addition, the defendants have agreed to sell their land 
parcels within a two year period of time after Decree entry, and pay a 
portion of the sale proceeds to the United States in reimbursements of 
its response costs. In return, the United States has provided covenants 
not to sue and contribution protection to each defendant.
    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, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Adeline R. Bennett, MD Living Trust 
and Pitts Grandchildren's Trust, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1000/2.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94107. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined 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 Tonia Fleetwood at fax 
No. (202) 514-0097 (phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547) or by e-
mailing Tonia Fleetwood at [email protected]. In requesting a 
copy of the Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $69.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost x 278 pages) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy of 
the Consent Decree, exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $15.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost x 61 pages) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 06-3027 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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