[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 138 (Thursday, July 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 41118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16392]


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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 June 27, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and State of Oklahoma v. Albert Investment, et 
al., Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-637, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
    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 Double Eagle 
Refinery Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims alleged by the 
United States, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), and the United States Department of the Interior 
(``DOI''), under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. 
The proposed Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendants, 
which sent waste oil containing hazardous substances to the Site for 
disposal, will pay the United States and the State of Oklahoma 
approximately $6.48 million in response costs and 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 
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 and State of Oklahoma v. Albert Investment, et al., DOJ. 
Ref. 90-11-2-857/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, 210 Park Ave., Suite 
400, Oklahoma City, OK 72102, 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 $18.75 
(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.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-16392 Filed 7-16-08; 8:45 am]
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