[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 46276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 31, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of 
Texas v. OXY USA Inc. and CANADIANOXY OFFSHORE PRODUCTION CO., Civil 
Action No. 4:14-cv-00491.
    The plaintiffs seek compensation for damage to natural resources in 
and about the former Empire Oil Refinery, located at 101 County Road 
401, Gainesville, Cook County, Texas. The plaintiffs allege under 
federal or state law that these two defendants are liable for the 
injury to natural resources resulting from releases of hazardous 
substances or pollutants at that site. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree that embodies the settlement proposed here, the two defendants 
will complete restoration work (including a conservation easement), as 
explained in a damage assessment and restoration plan that was 
completed for this site by the federal and state natural resource 
trustees. The two defendants also will pay past assessment costs and 
also must compensate plaintiffs for certain future costs. In return, 
the defendants receive covenants not to sue for natural resource 
damages resulting from releases from the site, subject to reservations 
specified in the proposed Decree.
    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 State of Texas v. OXY USA Inc. and 
CANADIANOXY OFFSHORE PRODUCTION CO., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-07981. 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 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 Consent Decree 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 
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 $33.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the attachments, the cost is $12.50.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-18624 Filed 8-6-14; 8:45 am]
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