[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9636-9637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4613]


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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 February 25, 2009, a Consent Decree 
in United States v. Valley-Proctor LLC, Civil Action No. 09-cv-1331 
AHM(AJW)x, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, et seq. related to the 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Puente 
Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley Area 4 Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in Los Angeles County, California.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Defendant to pay the United

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States $550,000 and DTSC $5,000, in reimbursement of past response 
costs. Some or all of the settlement payments will be proceeds from the 
sale of the property owned by the defendant at 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. Valley-Proctor, LLC, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-09232.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region IX at 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. During the public 
comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, to 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 $10.25 (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 Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-4613 Filed 3-4-09; 8:45 am]
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