[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21418-21419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08309]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 3, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State 
of Texas v. Arkema, Inc, Civil Action No. 13-cv-00935 (S.D. Tex.).
    Co-plaintiffs United States and State of Texas seek redress from 
Defendant Akema, Inc. for damages to natural resources that resulted 
from discharge of hazardous substances at and from a facility that 
formulated agricultural chemicals, located in the vicinity of 201 West 
Dodge Street, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
    Under the settlement embodied in the proposed Decree, Arkema will 
pay the federal and state natural resource trustees a total of $1.4 
million, of which more than $1.1 million will be jointly administered 
and used by those trustees to restore, replace, or acquire the 
equivalent of the injured natural resources. The balance of the payment 
will be used to reimburse the trustees for previously-incurred 
assessment costs (almost $0.160 million to the United States and almost 
$0.124 million to the State). Also under the proposed settlement, the 
United States covenants not to sue Arkema for natural resource damages 
at the facility under specified provisions of the Clean Water Act and 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability 
Act. The State covenants not to sue Arkema on similar terms.

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    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and Texas v. Arkema, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-09893. All comments must be received 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 proposed may be examined and 
downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy of the 
proposed 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 $4.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-08309 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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