[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65253-65254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23498]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement

    In accordance with Departmental Policy and 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), 
notice is hereby given of a proposed Settlement Agreement reached by 
the United States, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (``Chevron''), and Crowley 
Marine Services, Inc. (``Crowley''), concerning costs of responding to 
environmental contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm Site in Nome, 
Alaska.
    This proposed Settlement Agreement resolves potential claims that 
the United States, Chevron, and/or Crowley could have brought against 
each other pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended; 
Alaska Statutes Title 46 and Alaska Administrative Code Title 18; the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., as 
amended; and the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as amended; 
and/or other law for past or future costs of responding to existing 
petroleum contamination by the United States, Chevron, and/or Crowley, 
or injunctive relief related to or in connection with such 
contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm Site. The proposed Settlement 
Agreement provides for Chevron and Crowley to pay the United States for 
response costs as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective 
Date of the Settlement Agreement. It also provides that the United 
States Air Force will implement and maintain the remedy at the West 
Nome Tank Farm Site, and Chevron and Crowley will reimburse the United 
States at fixed percentages for potential response costs that might be 
incurred in the future.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Settlement Agreement for thirty (30) days from the date 
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publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Sonya J. Shea, 
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Environmental Defense Section, 999 18th Street, South 
Terrace, Suite 370, Denver, CO 80202, or this email address: 
[email protected], and refer to In re: West Nome Tank Farm 
Site, DJ # 90-11-6-17656/1.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined electronically at 
https://www.justice.gov/enrd/public-comments.

Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-23498 Filed 10-27-22; 8:45 am]
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