[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01549]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 15, 2021, the Department of Justice and the State of 
California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control (``DTSC'') lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United 
States District Court for the Central District of California pertaining 
to environmental contamination at the Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid 
Operable Unit (``DNAPL OU'') of the Montrose Chemical Corp. Superfund 
Site in Los Angeles County, California. This proposed Consent Decree 
was lodged in the case United States of America and State of California 
vs. Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., Civil Action No. 
2:90-cv-03122 DOC (C.D. Cal.); it resolves certain of the claims in 
that case.
    The proposed Consent Decree, titled in full ``Partial Consent 
Decree (Montrose Superfund Site--Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) 
Operable Unit)'', resolves certain claims or potential claims under 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as well as 
certain potential state law claims, in connection with environmental 
contamination at the DNAPL OU. The settling defendants are TFCF 
America, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Montrose Chemical Corporation of 
California; and Stauffer Management Company LLC. The Consent Decree 
requires the settling defendants to perform the remedy at the DNAPL OU, 
which consists primarily of in-situ thermal treatment (electrical 
resistance heating) and soil vapor extraction with an associated land 
use covenant, and to make a payment of $340,000.00 toward the United 
States' unreimbursed DNAPL OU past costs and a payment of $61,798.11 
towards DTSC's DNAPL OU past costs. The proposed Consent Decree also 
requires the settling defendants to pay the United States' and DTSC's 
future response costs for overseeing the work the settling defendants 
will be performing at the DNAPL OU.
    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 of America and State of California vs. 
Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-511. 
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.usdoj.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 $133.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United 
States Treasury. For a paper copy without the appendices and signature 
pages, the cost is $21.50.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-01549 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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