[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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