[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33194]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On December 29, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a 
proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California, Western Division, in the lawsuit 
entitled United States and State of California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control v. AC Products, Inc., et al. Civil Action No. 2:15-
cv-09931.
    The United States and the State of California filed this lawsuit 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA'') against the following Defendants for 
recovery of response costs which each incurred to address environmental 
contamination at the Cooper Drum Company Superfund Site located in Los 
Angeles County, California (``the Site''): AC Products, Inc.; A. G. 
Layne, Inc.; Alpha Corporation of Tennessee Inc.; Ashland Inc.; 
Atlantic Richfield Company; Baker Petrolite LLC; Cargill, Incorporated; 
Castrol Industrial North America Inc.; Chemcentral Corp.; Chemical 
Waste Management, Inc.; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; Coral Chemical Company; 
D.A. Stuart Company; Dunn-Edwards Corporation; Engineered Polymer 
Solutions, Inc.; ExxonMobil Oil Corporation; Gallade Chemical, Inc.; 
Hasco Oil Company, Inc.; Houghton International, Inc.; J.H. Mitchell & 
Sons Distributors, Inc.; Lockheed-Martin Corporation; Lonza Inc.; 
Lubricating Specialties Company; Mathisen Oil Co., Inc.; Pennzoil-
Quaker State Company; Penreco; PolyOne Corporation; PPG Industries, 
Inc.; PTM&W Industries Inc.; Quaker Chemical Corporation; Rathon Corp.; 
Shell Chemical LP; Shell Oil Company; SOCO West, Inc.; Southern 
California Edison; Southern Counties Oil Co.; Sta-Lube LLC f/k/a Sta-
Lube, Inc.; Stuarts' Petroleum; Texaco Downstream Properties Inc.; The 
Boeing Company; The Valspar Corporation; Union Oil Company of 
California; and Univar USA Inc.
    The complaint names the above-listed companies as Defendants based 
on their business relationship with the Cooper Drum Company which 
operated a drum reconditioning business at the Site and which accepted 
drums from each Defendant that contained residues of hazardous 
substances. The Complaint also seeks declaratory relief for all future 
costs to be incurred. The Consent Decree resolves these claims through 
the payment of $5,539,266 to the United States and $53,599 to the State 
of California in partial recovery of response costs. In addition, the 
Defendants are obligated under the Consent Decree to reimburse the 
United States and the State of California for all future response costs 
and to perform the remedial action that EPA selected for the Site. In 
return, the United States and the State of California agree not to sue 
the Defendants under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
    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 and State of California Department of 
Toxic Substances Control v. AC Products, Inc., et al. D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-09084. 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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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $145.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost x 582 pages) payable to the United States 
Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, 
the cost is $24.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost x 96 pages)

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-33194 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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