[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 13027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05593]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 3, 2015 the Department of Justice filed one complaint and 
lodged two proposed Consent Decrees with the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California pertaining to the Puente 
Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site, Area 4, 
Los Angeles County, California, (``PVOU''). The complaint and first 
proposed Consent Decree were filed contemporaneously in the matter of 
United States v. Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Civil Action No. 2:15-
cv-1545 JFW (PLAx). The second proposed Consent Decree resolves the 
lawsuit entitled United States v. Richard A. Mancino and Yolanda E. 
Mancino, as Individuals and as Trustees for The Mancino Trust, Civil 
Action No. 12-cv-07513 CJC (MANx). The Mancino lawsuit was initiated 
with a complaint filed with the court on August 31, 2012.
    The Consent Decrees resolve claims under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 related to releases and threatened 
releases of hazardous substances at the PVOU. The Consent Decrees 
contain a covenant not to sue for past and certain future costs and 
response work at the Site under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and 
Section 7003 of RCRA. The Mancino Consent Decree resolves claims 
against Richard A. and Yolanda Mancino as individuals and as trustees 
of the Mancino Trust, and recovers $180,000 in response costs. The Hill 
Consent Decree resolves claims against Hill Brothers Chemical Company, 
and recovers $135,000 in response costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Richard A. and Yolanda Mancino, et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-354/28 and/or United States v. Hill Brothers 
Chemical Company., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-354/35. 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 email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a commenter may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree 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 Consent Decree 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 $8.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Mancino Consent Decree and/or $8.00 for the 
Hill Consent Decree, payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-05593 Filed 3-11-15; 8:45 am]
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