[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15846]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amended Consent Decree Under The
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
On July 18, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Amended Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Iowa in the lawsuit entitled United States v. ACC
Chemical Company, et al., Civil Action No. 3-91-CV-10096.
This case concerns the Chemplex Superfund Site in Clinton, Iowa.
The United States originally brought this action in 1991 under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., to require defendants ACC
Chemical Company, Four Star Oil & Gas Company, Getty Chemical Company,
Primerica Holdings, Inc., Skelly Oil Company, Quantum Chemical
Corporation, Equistar Chemicals, LP, and the City of Clinton, Iowa, to
implement EPA's selected remedy for the Chemplex Site, and to pay costs
incurred by the United States in response to releases of hazardous
substances at the Site. The original Consent Decree required the
defendants to pay $597,838.29 in reimbursement of response costs
incurred by EPA, to reimburse EPA's future oversight costs at the Site,
and to implement EPA's selected remedy for the Site.
The Amended Consent Decree requires the defendants to implement
EPA's amended remedy for the Site, adopted by EPA in its Amended Record
of Decision for the Site, dated December 26, 2012. Since that date, the
defendants have been working cooperatively with EPA to implement EPA's
amended remedy. The Amended Consent Decree formalizes their obligation
to continue doing so.
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. ACC Chemical Company, et al., D.J.
Ref. No. 90-11-2-543/3. 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 website: https://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 $14.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-15846 Filed 7-25-19; 8:45 am]
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