[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40748-40749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17286]


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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, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and State of Texas v. Halliburton Energy 
Services, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 4:07-CV-3795, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Texas, on behalf of 
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (``TCEQ''), sought, 
pursuant to Sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 
and 9613, seeking reimbursement of response costs incurred or to be 
incurred for response actions taken at or in connection with the 
release or threatened release of hazardous substances at three 
facilities located in Webster, Texas (the ``Webster Site''), Odessa, 
Texas (the ``Odessa Site''), and Houston, Texas (the ``Tavenor Site''), 
known collectively as the ``Sites,'' as well as declaratory relief.
    The United States has negotiated a Consent Decree with defendants 
GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corporation, GE Healthcare Holdings Inc., 
and GE Healthcare Inc. (collectively the ``GE Entities'') to resolve 
the CERCLA claims. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the liability 
of the GE Entities for response costs incurred or to be incurred and 
response actions taken in connection with the Sites. Under the Consent 
Decree, the GE Entities agree to reimburse the United States a share of 
its response costs for the Sites by a payment in the amount of 
$650,000. This Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the 
United States under Sections 104(e), 106, 107 and 113 of CERCLA.
    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,

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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 Texas v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., et al., 
D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07730/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas, 75202. 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 $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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-17286 Filed 7-8-11; 8:45 am]
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