Notice of Lodging of First Amendment To Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 3408-3409 [07-303]

Download as PDF ycherry on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES 3408 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 16 / Thursday, January 25, 2007 / Notices States v. A.O. Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 04–5918, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In this action, the United States sought reimbursement of response costs incurred in connection with the release and threatened release of hazardous substances at the A.O. Polymer Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’), comprising 4.18 acres more or less located in Sparta Township, New Jersey. The United States has incurred at least $1,700,000 in unreimbursed past response costs relating to the Site, and estimates future response costs at $200,000. The Consent Decree resolves the United States’ in rem claim under the Verified Complaint, and results in a recovery by the United States of 85% of the sales proceeds of the Site at a public sale. The Consent Decree also sets forth the terms that will govern the sale. The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States v. A.O. Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–07174/1. The Consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Peter Rodino Federal Building, 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Susan Steele), and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007–1866 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Frances Maria Zizila). During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:58 Jan 24, 2007 Jkt 211001 Consent Decree Library at the stated address. Ronald Gluck, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 07–304 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 12, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Leon A. Balthaser, Civil Action No. 07–cv–0156, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), the United States seeks recovery of response costs from Leon A. Balthaser, in connection with the Peach Alley Parking Lot Superfund Site in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (‘‘Peach Alley Site’’ or ‘‘Site’’). The proposed Consent Decree resolves the liability of Mr. Balthaser, who is the owner of the Peach Alley Site, under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site. The Consent Decree requires Mr. Balthaser to make a cash payment of $20,000 in reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States in connection with the Site, and to provide access to, and restrict use of, the Site. The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and refer to United States v. Leon A. Balthaser, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3– 08820. The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ consent_decrees.html. A copy of the PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. Robert Brook, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 07–302 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of First Amendment To Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 11, 2007, a First Amendment to the Consent Decree entered in the case of United States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, Civil Action No. H–05–0258, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Under the original Consent Decree, the ConocoPhillips Company (‘‘COPC’’) agreed to implement innovative pollution control technologies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter from refinery process units at nine refineries owned and operated by COPC. COPC also agreed to adopt facility-wide enhanced benzene waste monitoring and fugitive emission control programs. COPC still is so obligated, but under the First Amendment, COPC will install additional pollution control technology, including, in one instance, a new electrostatic precipitator, in consideration for deadline extensions. In addition, COPC will be entitled to numerous deadline extensions at COPC’s refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, because of damage that refinery suffered from Hurricane Katrina. In the First Amendment, the United States is joined by the State of Illinois, the State of Louisiana, the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Northwest Clean Air Agency in the State of Washington. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 16 / Thursday, January 25, 2007 / Notices Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– 06722/1. The First Amendment may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 919 Milam St., Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77208, and at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. During the public comment period, the First Amendment may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Amendment may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. Robert D. Brook, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 07–303 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ycherry on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Under 22 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 8, 2007, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Electra Realty Co. and Electra Products Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 06– 2238, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this action the United States is seeking to recover response costs incurred by the United States pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in connection with the Electra Property (located at 200 West 5th Street, Lansdale, PA 19446) at the North Penn Area Six Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’), which consists of a contaminated groundwater plume and a number of separate parcels VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:58 Jan 24, 2007 Jkt 211001 of property located within and adjacent to the Borough of Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree will resolve the United States’ claims against Electra Realty Co. and Electra Products Co., Inc. (‘‘Settling Defendants’’) in connection with the Site. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, Settling Defendants will either (A) pay the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $350,000.00 in partial reimbursement of the United States’ response costs, or (B) elect the option to sell the Electra Property and comply with the terms set forth in Section VI of the proposed consent decree. Settling Defendants will receive a covenant not to sue by the United States with regard to 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States v. Electra Realty Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–06024/15. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost). Checks should be made payable to the U.S. Treasury. Robert Brook, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 07–307 Filed 1–24–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3409 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Settlement Under the Clean Air Act Notice is hereby given that, on December 22, 2006, a proposed settlement in U.S. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., Civil Action No. 06–6077, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In this action the United States seeks a judgment of liability against eleven defendants and an order requiring the defendants to perform certain response actions selected by EPA as a remedial action at the Atlantic Resources Corporation Superfund Site (‘‘ARC Site’’) and the Horseshoe Road Drum Dump (‘‘HRDD Site’’) portion of the Horseshoe Road Superfund Site in Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The United States also seeks reimbursement of EPA’s past and future response costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the two Sites. The eleven defendants (‘‘Defendants’’) and one federal potentially responsible party, the Department of Defense (‘‘Settling Federal Agency’’), are parties to the Consent Decree. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the Defendants will perform and the Settling Federal Agency will provide its share of the funding for a Remedial Design and a Remedial Action at the ARC Site, and a Remedial Design at the HRDD Site. The Consent Decree requires the Defendants and the Settling Federal Agency to reimburse EPA its past costs incurred at the ARC Site, in the amount of $863,579.41, as well as certain of the United States’ future costs incurred or to be incurred at the two Sites. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to U.S. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–480/2. The settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Suite 700, Newark, NJ 07102, and at the Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10007–1866. During the public comment period, the settlement may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement may also be obtained by mail E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3408-3409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-303]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Amendment To Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 11, 2007, 
a First Amendment to the Consent Decree entered in the case of United 
States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, Civil Action No. H-05-0258, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas.
    Under the original Consent Decree, the ConocoPhillips Company 
(``COPC'') agreed to implement innovative pollution control 
technologies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, 
and particulate matter from refinery process units at nine refineries 
owned and operated by COPC. COPC also agreed to adopt facility-wide 
enhanced benzene waste monitoring and fugitive emission control 
programs. COPC still is so obligated, but under the First Amendment, 
COPC will install additional pollution control technology, including, 
in one instance, a new electrostatic precipitator, in consideration for 
deadline extensions. In addition, COPC will be entitled to numerous 
deadline extensions at COPC's refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 
because of damage that refinery suffered from Hurricane Katrina. In the 
First Amendment, the United States is joined by the State of Illinois, 
the State of Louisiana, the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, and the Northwest Clean Air Agency in the State of 
Washington.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First 
Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General,

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-
1-06722/1.
    The First Amendment may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 919 Milam St., Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77208, and 
at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. 
During the public comment period, the First Amendment may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Amendment 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-303 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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