[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24885-24886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09864]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
On April 20, 2016, the Department of Justice and the State of
California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances
Control and Toxic Substances Control Account (``DTSC'') filed a
complaint and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States
District Court for the Central District of California pertaining to
environmental contamination at Operable Unit 2 (``OU2'') of the Omega
Chemical Corporation Superfund Site (``Site'') in Los Angeles County,
California. The complaint and proposed Consent Decree were filed
contemporaneously in the matter of United States of America and State
of California on behalf of the Department of Toxic Substances Control
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and Toxic Substances Control Account v. Abex Aerospace et al., Civil
Action No. 2:16-cv-02696 (C.D. Cal.).
The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims under Sections
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and Section 7003 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, as well as
related state law claims, in connection with environmental
contamination at OU2. The Consent Decree requires the settling
defendants, which include as Settling Work Defendants the members of
the Omega PRP Organized Group (``OPOG'') and McKesson Corporation, and
also include various Settling Cash Defendants, to perform work at OU2
and to make a payment of $8 million toward the United States'
unreimbursed OU2 past costs, and a payment of $70,000 towards DTSC's
unreimbursed OU2 past costs. The proposed Consent Decree also requires
the settling defendants to pay the United States' and DTSC's future
response costs for overseeing the work the settling defendants will be
performing at OU2.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States of America and State of California on
behalf of the Department of Toxic Substances Control and Toxic
Substances Control Account v. Abex Aerospace et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-06529/10. A hearing will be held on the proposed settlement if
requested in writing within the public comment period. 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: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the
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 $86.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United States
Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages,
the cost is $22.75.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-09864 Filed 4-26-16; 8:45 am]
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