[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 72386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29265]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and Proposed Stipulated Judgment and Permanent Injunction Under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    On November 28, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree and Stipulated Judgment and Permanent Injunction with 
the United States District Court for the District of Utah in the 
lawsuit entitled United States v. Parish Chemical Company and Uintah 
Pharmaceutical Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-804.
    This action involves the claim of the United States under Section 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for reimbursement of its 
unreimbursed response costs (``CERCLA Claim'') incurred in response to 
releases and/or threatened releases of hazardous substances at the 
Parish Chemical Company (``PCC'') chemical manufacturing facility 
located at 145 N. Geneva Road, Vineyard Utah (``PCC Facility''). This 
action also involves multiple claims of the United States under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq. (``RCRA''), to obtain injunctive relief and civil penalties 
(``RCRA Claims'') for multiple violations of RCRA at the PCC Facility. 
The Consent Decree provides for the entry of a judgment in the amount 
of $908,348.57 against the Defendants, and obligates the Defendants to 
transfer possession of the PCC facility into a trust to resolve the 
United States' CERCLA Claim. The Stipulated Judgment and Permanent 
Injunction provide for a $100,000 civil penalty to be adjudged against 
PCC, and the entry of a permanent injunction against PCC to resolve the 
United States' RCRA Claims.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree and Stipulated Judgment and Permanent 
Injunction. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States versus Parish Chemical Company and Uintah 
Pharmaceutical Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-804., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-1215/1. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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          To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail..............................  [email protected].
By mail................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                          U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                          Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree and 
Stipulated Judgment and Permanent Injunction may be examined and 
downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree and Stipulated Judgment and Permanent 
Injunction upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. 
Please mail your request and payment to:

Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611.

    Please enclose a check or money order for $13.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-29265 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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