[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 43859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18191]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July, 13, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Alcoa Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 3:12-
cv-00210, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Texas.
    This action pertains to the ``Malone Services Company'' Superfund 
Site in Texas City, Texas. The Consent Decree requires a group of 27 
companies to clean up the Site and pay EPA $900,000 towards past and 
future costs. The cleanup will cost $56.4 million according to an 
estimate by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 
Seventy-six entities, including the United States and the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), are resolving their 
liability in the Consent Decree by paying cash to the group of 27 
companies that will carry out the cleanup. The United States, which 
shipped 1.62% of the waste, will pay $1,490,029. TCEQ, which shipped 
0.00545% of the waste, will contribute $6,766. EPA previously completed 
four rounds of administrative settlements with approximately 230 ``de 
minimis'' generators of waste.
    The settlement also addresses natural resources damages. Under the 
Consent Decree, the federal and state natural resource trustees for the 
Site will receive a total of $3,109,000 to implement environmental 
restoration projects. (This amount also covers some assessment, 
planning, and oversight costs.) The trustees are the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of the Interior 
represented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TCEQ, the Texas 
Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Texas General Land Office.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either 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. Alcoa Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-
07465/4. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may 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 emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' EESCDCopy 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a full copy of the 
Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library--including 105 pages of 
defendant signature pages and the 242-page Record of Decision for the 
Site (September 2009) -- please enclose a check in the amount of 
$116.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury, or, if requesting by email or fax, please forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the address given above. 
If requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decree that includes 
neither the defendants' signature pages nor the appendix that is a copy 
of the Record of Decision for the Site, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $30.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-18191 Filed 7-25-12; 8:45 am]
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