[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 49474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7107]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on August 14, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States et al. v. Macalloy Corp. et al., Civil Action 
Number 2:06-cv-02265-DCN, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of South Carolina.
    The consent decree resolves claims against two defendants, Macalloy 
Corporation and the BOC Group, brought by the United States under 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for damages for 
injuries to natural resources resulting from release of hazardous 
substances at the Macalloy Site in Charleston, South Carolina. The 
Consent Decree also resolves potential counterclaims by the Defendants 
against the United States General Services Administration and the 
United States Defense Logistics Agency. Under the Consent Decree, the 
Defendants and two settling Federal agencies will pay $575,000 for 
damages to the Department of the Interior, the National Oceanographic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and three State of South Carolina 
agencies, collectively acting as Trustees of the injured natural 
resources. The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the 
United States and state trustee agencies under CERCLA for natural 
resource damages.
    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, and should refer 
to United States et al. v. Macalloy Corp. et al., DOJ Ref. 90-
11-2-07214/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 170 Meeting Street, 3rd 
Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29401. 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/Consent--
Decrees.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 $7.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7107 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am]
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