[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14634]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 10, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. ExxonMobil Corporation, C.A. No. 1:08-CV-
00124-IMK (N.D.W.Va.), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of West Virginia. The Consent Decree resolves 
the United States' claim for response costs against the ExxonMobil 
Corporation, pursuant to Section 107(a)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a)(2). The claim relates to response costs incurred by the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in connection with 
clean-up activities performed at the Big John's Salvage Site, located 
in Marion County, West Virginia. Under the Consent Decree, defendant 
ExxonMobil Corporation will pay EPA $3,000,000 in reimbursement of a 
portion of the response costs incurred by EPA in connection with 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, 
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 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. ExxonMobil Corporation, DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-
08499. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1125 Chapline Street, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19103. 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 
Decreed 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 of the Consent Decree, 
without one Appendix, from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page production costs), 
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. In 
requesting a copy, with one Appendix (a reduced size map of a portion 
of the Big John's Salvage Site), please enclose a check in the amount 
of $6.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.
    If the requester wants a copy of the Appendix in the form of the 
full size map, please contact U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, to determine the cost of reproducing 
the map.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14634 Filed 6-27-08; 8:45 am]
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