[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30306]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on December 15, 2008, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Ascension Holding Company, LLC, et 
al. Civil Action No. 3:08-cv-00815-JVP-SCR, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
response costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, Sections 106 and 107(a), 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607, in connection with the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances from the Dutchtown Oil Treatment Facility 
Superfund Site located in Dutchtown, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The 
proposed Consent Decree would require settling defendants to reimburse 
the United States for $935,000 in past and future clean up costs at 
this Site, and would otherwise resolve their liability for allegations 
set forth in the underlying Complaint.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed 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. Comments 
should refer to United States v. Ascension Holding, LLC, D.J. Ref. 
 90-11-2-428/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree also may 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 no. (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for 
a copy exclusive of signature pages and appendices, or $4.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) for a copy including signature pages and 
appendices payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' or, if by email 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.
[FR Doc. E8-30306 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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