[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27258-27259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10989]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On May 3, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed First 
Amended Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States 
and the State of California v. Texaco Inc., Civil Action No. CV-93-
2990-JSL (SHx), with respect to the Pacific Coast Pipeline Superfund 
Site in Fillmore, California (the ``Site'').
    On May 3, 2013, the United States, the State of California, and 
Defendant filed a joint stipulation to amend the Consent Decree that 
was entered by the Court on August 11, 1993. The U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') determined that the groundwater remedy set 
forth in EPA's Record of Decision (``ROD'') issued on March 31, 1992, 
was not successful in achieving the goal of reducing groundwater 
contaminant levels below drinking water standards and did not address 
shallow soil contamination at the Site. On September 29, 2011, EPA 
issued an Amendment to the ROD to address soil and groundwater 
contamination at the Site. The proposed First Amended Consent Decree 
amends the Consent Decree to include work required to implement the 
remedy as set forth in EPA's Statement of Work for Remedial Design and 
Remedial Action (RD/RA) for Soil and Groundwater, which is attached as 
Appendix F to the First Amended Consent Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the First Amended Consent Decree. Comments

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should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the 
State of California v. Texaco Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-840. 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 e-mail.........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                     DOJ--ENRD,
                                    P.O. Box 7611,
                                    Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a commenter may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area.
    During the public comment period, the First Amended Consent Decree 
may be examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a 
paper copy of the First Amended 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 $18.00 (without 
appendices) or $69.00 (with appendices) (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-10989 Filed 5-8-13; 8:45 am]
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