[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23835]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA'')
On October 26, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central
District of California, Western Division, in the lawsuit entitled
United States of America v. Cooper Living Trust and Cooper Properties,
LP. Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-7836.
The United States filed this lawsuit under Sections 106(a) and 107
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, against the
Cooper Living Trust and Cooper Properties, LP (Settling Defendants),
for recovery of response costs incurred by the United States and to
address environmental contamination at the Cooper Drum Company
Superfund Site located in Los Angeles County, California (``the
Site'').
The Settling Defendants both owned a portion of the Site at the
time of disposal of hazardous substances by the Cooper Drum Company,
which operated a drum reconditioning business at the Site. The
reconditioning process resulted in contamination of the soil and
groundwater beneath the Site.
Under the Consent Decree the Settling Defendants agree to complete
the sale of property adjacent to the Site (the Property) and pay the
United States the greater of 90 percent of the net sales proceeds or
$2.5 million. In return, the United States agrees not to sue the
Defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
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 v. Cooper Living Trust and
Cooper Properties, LP, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-09084/1. 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:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To submit comments: Send them to:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.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 $9.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost x 38 pages) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-23835 Filed 11-1-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P