[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 68672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21961]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, section 
122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and Paragraph 4.1 
of the underlying Consent Decree, notice is hereby given that a 
proposed Amendment to the Consent Decree in United States v. Shell Oil. 
Co., Case No. 83-cv-2379, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Colorado on September 28, 2023.
    Previously, a Consent Decree resolving claims under CERCLA related 
to the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside of Denver, Colorado 
between the parties was entered in this case on February 12, 1993. That 
Consent Decree incorporated a February 12, 1989, Settlement Agreement 
between the United States and Shell Oil. Under the Consent Decree, the 
Army and Shell Oil are obligated to pay the Environmental Protection 
Agency's CERCLA oversight costs for Army-led environmental cleanup 
activities at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The proposed Amendment to the 
Consent Decree changes the manner in which the Environmental Protection 
Agency's CERCLA oversight costs will be paid, and fully resolves those 
costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Amendment to the Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this Notice. Please address comments to 
Phillip R. Dupr[eacute], Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044 
and/or [email protected] and refer to United States v. 
Shell Oil Co., DJ No. 90-11-6-21352.
    The proposed Amendment to the Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the District of 
Colorado, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined electronically at https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.

Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-21961 Filed 10-3-23; 8:45 am]
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