[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 72216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30054]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSITCE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on November 15, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Occidental 
Chemical Corporation, et al, Civil Action No. 11-CV-7149 was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.
    In this action under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) (``CERCLA''), the United States sought 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 the Occidental Chemical Corporation Superfund Site 
located in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 
The proposed Decree requires Settling Defendants to pay $2,130,600.88 
to the United States in reimbursement of past response costs. The 
proposed Decree also requires the Performing Settling Defendants to pay 
all future response costs and continue to perform the work for operable 
unit 2 at the Site, which is the final operable unit to be remediated 
under the 1993 Record of Decision.
    The proposed Decree provides the Settling Defendants with a 
covenant not to sue under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) 
for past response costs and a covenant not to sue for future response 
costs to Performing Settling Defendants only.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emails 
to emailed 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. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-913/1.
    During the public comment period, the proposed 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 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 emailing 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 $8.00 (.25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, please forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-30054 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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