[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 116 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13466]



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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 May 29, 2008, 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 from 
certain parties response costs that it incurred in response to releases 
and threatened releases of hazardous substances from the Agriculture 
Street Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in New Orleans, 
Louisiana. The United States also sought to recover civil penalties 
from the City of New Orleans for violations of an access order and 
information request issued by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
the liability of the City of New Orleans for past response costs and 
civil penalties, under Sections 104(e) and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9604(e) and 9607(a). Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the City 
will perform certain in-kind services, provide access, and assist in 
the placement of institutional controls on the Site.
    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, and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed 
to 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. 90-11-3-1638/2.
    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/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 $12.50 (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.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-13466 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]
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