[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2660]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees; Selma Pressure

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, and pursuant to Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that 
two proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. Selma Pressure 
Treating Co., et al., were lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division, on January 2, 
1996. This action was brought pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607.
    Under one proposed Consent Decree, Gerald Petery and Selma Leasing 
Company agree to pay a total of $720,000 to the United States and 
$80,000 to the State of California. Under the other proposed Consent 
Decree, Mary Ann Schuessler and Selma Pressure Treating Company agree 
to pay a total of $675,000 to the United States and $75,000 to the 
State of California. These funds are being paid to reimburse the United 
States for environmental response actions taken at the Selma Pressure 
Treating facility in Selma, California. Response activities are 
continuing at this site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 30 days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
Consent Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and should refer to United States v. 
Selma Pressure Treating Co., et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-383.
    The proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 3654 Federal Building, 1130 O Street, Fresno, 
California; the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies the proposed Consent Decrees may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclosed a check in the amount 
of $8.50 for the decree with Gerald Petery and Selma Leasing Company 
and $6.00 for the decree with Mary Ann Schuessler and Selma Pressure 
Treating, ($0.25 per page reproduction costs), payable to ``Consent 
Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2660 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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