[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17814]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on July 16, 2010, the United States lodged a Consent Decree 
with 163 defendants (each of which is identified in the proposed 
Decree) in United States of America v. Alcoa Inc., et al, Civil No. 
2:10-cv-05051-GW (PLAx) (C.D. Cal.), with respect to the Omega Chemical 
Superfund Site, located in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California 
(the ``Site'').
    On July 9, 2010, Plaintiff United States of America (``United 
States''), on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') filed a complaint in this matter pursuant to CERCLA 
Section 107, 42 U.S.C. 9607, seeking recovery of environmental response 
costs incurred by EPA related to the release or threatened release or 
disposal of hazardous substances at or from the Site.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the defendants in the action 
will implement the Operable Unit One remedy, addressing soil 
contamination at the Site, and pay $1.5 million towards EPA's 
unrecovered past response costs. In exchange, the proposed Consent 
Decree provides a covenant not to sue and contribution protection with 
respect to the Work, Past Response Costs and Future Response Costs as 
defined in the proposed Consent Decree.
    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 Acting 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 of America v. Alcoa Inc., et al, Civil No. 2:10-cv-
05051-GW (PLAx) (DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-10068). The Consent Decree may be 
examined at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional 
Counsel, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 
(contact Stephen Berninger, (415) 972-3909). 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, 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 number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please refer to United States of America v. 
Alcoa Inc., et al, Civil No. 2:10-cv-05051-GW (PLAx) (DOJ Ref. No. 90-
11-3-10068), and enclose a check in the amount of $191.50 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-17814 Filed 7-20-10; 8:45 am]
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