[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55014-55015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7782]


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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 31, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. City of New Orleans, et al., Civil Action 
No. 02-3618, Section ``E'', was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought to recover response 
costs from certain parties. EPA incurred such costs in response to 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances from the 
Agriculture Street Landfill (the ``Site'') located in New Orleans, 
Louisiana. The proposed Consent Decree requires BFI Waste Systems of 
North America, Inc. (``BFI''),

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a third-party defendant, to pay $335,000 towards the response costs 
incurred by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree resolves BFI's liability 
under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for costs already 
incurred at the site by EPA or by the Department of Justice on behalf 
of EPA.
    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 
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. City of New Orleans, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-
3-1683/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Poydras Street, 
Suite 210, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, and at the offices of EPA, 
Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733. 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 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 $5.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Envirionmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7782 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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