[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51575-51576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20883]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
August 20, 2012, a Consent Decree in United States v. Exxon Mobil 
Corporation, et al., C.A. No. 1-08-cv-124-IMK (N.D. W.Va.) was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia. The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims, 
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607(a), against Exxon Mobil Corporation, Vertellus Specialities 
Inc. and CBS Corporation related to the Big John's Salvage Site 
(``Site''), located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The State of West 
Virginia is a signatory to the Consent Decree. The BJS Site became 
contaminated with various hazardous substances as the result of the 
operations and related waste disposal practices of a coal refinery that 
operated there between approximately 1933 and 1973, and a scrap and 
salvage facility that operated there from 1973 to the early 1980s. 
Under the Consent Decree, the three settling parties will pay a portion 
of the United States' response costs in the amount of $11 million, 
perform/finance the removal activities selected by the Environmental 
Protection Agency in its Action Memorandum issued on September 30, 
2010, and pay EPA's and the State's future response costs, as defined 
in the Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either emailed to [email protected], or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., Department 
of Justice No. 90-11-3-08499.
    During the comment period, the proposed Consent Decree, with 
Appendices A-H, may be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.usdoj/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611,

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U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or 
emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-5271. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree from 
the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$23.25 (25 cents per page production cost) for the Consent Decree 
without the appendices. Several of the appendices are voluminous and 
the same cost (25 cents per page) will apply. If one or more of the 
appendices are requested, fax or email the request to ``Consent Decree 
Copy'' as indicated above and provide the requester's contact 
information to receive the cost of the requested appendices. Make 
checks payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a 
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-20883 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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