[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30619]


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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 November 25, 2008, an electronic 
version of a proposed consent decree was lodged in the United States 
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in State of 
North Carolina et al. v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al., No. 5:04 
CV 38 (Consolidated Cases). The consent decree settles claims by the 
State of North Carolina and the United States against El Paso Natural 
Gas Company under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the FCX Site, a facility 
approximately 1.5 miles west of downtown Statesville, Iredell County, 
North Carolina (the ``Site'').
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, El Paso will pay 
the United States $1.5 million and will pay the State of North Carolina 
$110,000 to resolve liability for two operable units at the Site. El 
Paso will also dismiss with prejudice all counterclaims filed against 
the United States.
    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 emailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Comments should 
refer to State of North Carolina et al. v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, 
et al., No. 5:04 CV 38 (Consolidated Cases) and DOJ  90-11-3-
08264.
    During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree may 
also be examined on the following U.S. Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. The consent decree may 
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of North Carolina The Carillon Bldg., 227 West Trade St., 
Suite 1700, Charlotte, North Carolina.
    A copy of the proposed 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 no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number During the public comment period, and please enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.75 (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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-30619 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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