[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00822]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;
and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act
On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central
District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States and
California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb
Company and Jervis B. Webb Company of California, Civil Action No.
2:18-cv-234-ODW-JEM.
The United States and the California Department of Toxic Substances
Control filed this lawsuit asserting a claim under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
against the Jervis B. Webb Company of California (Webb-Cal) to recover
costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of
California in response to releases of hazardous substances at the
Jervis Webb Superfund Site in South Gate, California (the ``Site'').
The United States also asserted a claim against the Jervis B. Webb
Company (JBW), parent company of Webb-Cal, under the Federal Debt
Collections Procedures Act (``FDCPA'') to recover assets transferred by
Webb-Cal to JBW at a time when Webb-Cal was insolvent and indebted to
the United States under CERCLA. Under the proposed Consent Decree, JBW
will pay $3.45 million to the United States to resolve the claims of
the United States. In exchange for this payment, both JBW and Webb-Cal
will receive site-wide covenants not to sue and contribution protection
under CERCLA, and JBW will receive a covenant not to sue for fraudulent
conveyance under the FDCPA. Under this Consent Decree, California DTSC
will receive $50,000 from JBW to resolve its claim under CERCLA against
Webb-Cal.
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 and California Department of Toxic
Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb Company
of California, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10965. 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 website: 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 $8.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-00822 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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