[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 30630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11846]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Two Amendments to Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on May 20, 2008, the United States lodged two amendments to 
the Consent Decree approved by the Court on February 23, 2001 in United 
States of America v. Abex Aerospace Division, et al, Civil No. 00-cv-
012471 TJH(JWJx) (USDC C.D. Cal.). The original Consent Decree resolved 
the liability of certain defendants for the ``Phase 1a Area'' of the 
Site under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, as amended, and Section 7003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, as alleged in the 
Complaint filed in this matter.
    The First Amendment primarily amends the Statement of Work under 
the original Consent Decree to add certain response activities 
necessary to address indoor air contamination observed at an indoor 
roller skating rink located adjacent to the Omega Chemical Corporation 
Superfund Site, listed on the National Priorities List on January 19, 
1999, 64 FR 2950 (``Site''). The Second Amendment adds additional 
Settling Work Defendants, and Settling Cash Defendants to those covered 
by the original Consent Decree, as amended. The Second Amendment also 
incorporates additional volume and related payments of certain original 
Settling Cash Defendants, and corrects certain omissions and 
typographical errors in the caption. 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 Amendments. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-06529.
    The Consent Decree Amendments may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (contact Stephen 
Berninger, Esq. (415) 972-3909). During the public comment period, the 
Consent Decree Amendments 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, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 
7611, 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 refer to United States of America v. 
Abex Aerospace Division, et al, Civil No. 00-cv-012471 TJH(JWJx) (USDC 
C.D. Cal.) (DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-06529), and enclose a check in the 
amount of $57.25 (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 S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-11846 Filed 5-27-08; 8:45 am]
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