[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 22073-22074] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-11801] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Young Refining Company, Civil Action No. 1-96-CV-1002-JEC, was lodged on April 25, 1996, with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The consent decree settles a claim brought under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental [[Page 22074]] Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred by the United States at the Basket Creek Drum Disposal site (the ``Basket Creek site'') in Douglasville, Georgia. Under the proposed consent decree, Young Refining will pay $51,000 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in connection with the Basket Creek site. Although the actual removal of hazardous substances from the Basket Creek Site was conducted by Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., EPA has incurred costs in excess of $475,000 in connection with the Basket Creek Site. The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Young Refining Company, DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-755. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, Richard Russell Federal Building, Suite 1800, 75 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30335; the Region 4 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30307; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-11801 Filed 5-10-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M