[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 4551] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-2304] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America v. Braselman Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 96-0872 was lodged on January 13, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In its Third Amended Complaint, filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States alleges under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, that the defendant is liable for reimbursement of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the Bayou Bonfouca Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the City of Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Fleming American Investment Trust plc (``Fleming American''), one of the eight defendants listed in the Third Amended Complaint, has agreed to pay the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund (``Superfund'') $3,600,000 in reimbursement of past and future response costs. On December 24, 1996, the United States moved to enter a previous Consent Decree for the Site in which Kerr- McGee Chemical Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation have agreed to pay $20,000,000 to the Superfund. The proposed Consent Decree between the United States and Fleming American does not resolve the potential liability of the other five defendants at the 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 of America v. Braselman Corporation et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-803A. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Hal Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, 2nd Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; the Region VI Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733; 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 $6.75 (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. 97-2304 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M