Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 38468 [E8-15220]
Download as PDF
38468
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 130 / Monday, July 7, 2008 / Notices
contained in USITC Publication 4018
(June 2008), entitled Silicon Metal From
Russia: Investigation No. 731–TA–991
(Review).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 30, 2008.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8–15205 Filed 7–3–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
Notice is hereby given that on June
30, 2008, a proposed consent decree in
United States v. John B. Knight, Jr.;
Robert D. Brown; National Petroleum
Marketing, Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.;
and Navajo Trails, Inc., Civil No. CIV–
04–0626–PHX–JWS, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the
District of Arizona.
This Consent Decree resolves claims
asserted by the United States in a
complaint filed on March 30, 2004,
against the settling defendants for civil
penalties under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42
U.S.C. 6991–6992, for failure to conduct
corrosion tests every three years; failure
to report a suspected release within
twenty-four hours; failure to investigate
suspected releases within seven days;
failure to monitor tanks every thirty
days; failure to utilize a valid release
detection method; failure to provide
adequate release detection for piping;
failure to maintain financial
responsibility; and failure to respond to
information request letters.
The proposed Consent Decree
provides for the payment to the United
States of $55,000 in civil penalties.
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. John B. Knight, Jr.; Robert D.
Brown; National Petroleum Marketing,
Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.; and Navajo
Trails, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–7–1–08112.
The Consent Decree may be examined
at the Office of the United States
Attorney for the District of Arizona,
Two Renaissance Square, 40 N. Central
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:39 Jul 03, 2008
Jkt 214001
Avenue, Suite 1200, Phoenix, Arizona
85004–4408, and at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 9, Office of
Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, California 94105. 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, D.C. 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
$4.75 (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.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. E8–15220 Filed 7–3–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on June 27, 2008, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States v.
Cambrex Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 08–5815, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
The proposed Consent Decree
resolves claims of the United States, on
behalf of the Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’), under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,
in connection with the Nepera Chemical
Company Superfund Site in the Town of
Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New
York (‘‘Site’’), against Cambrex
Corporation; Nepera, Inc.; WarnerLambert Company LLC; and Pfizer, Inc.
The proposed Consent Decree requires
the defendants to perform the Remedial
Design/Remedial Action (‘‘RD/RA’’) set
forth in the Record of Decision (‘‘ROD’’)
for the Site, including (a) The
excavation of Site soils within former
waste lagoons and placement of the
soils into a biocell, using soil vapor
PO 00000
Frm 00080
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
extraction and biological degradation
technologies to reach target cleanup
levels; (b) backfilling of the excavated
areas of the Site which are not utilized
in the construction of the biocell; (c)
bioremediation of the groundwater
following the removal of source-area
soils by the introduction of oxygenating
compounds to facilitate bioremediation
through enhancement of the indigenous
microbial population; and (d)
implementation of a long-term
groundwater monitoring program to
verify that the concentrations and the
areal extent of the groundwater
contaminants are declining. The
estimated cost of the remedy is
$3,815,000. In addition, the Consent
Decree requires the defendants to
reimburse EPA for its past response
costs in the amount of $495,000. The
Consent Decree also obligates the
defendants to pay the United States’
future response costs with respect to the
Site, and to implement institutional
controls including restrictive covenants
and an environmental easement to
ensure non-interference with, and the
continued effectiveness of, the ROD
remedy. The proposed Consent Decree
provides that the defendants are entitled
to contribution protection as provided
by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9613(f)(2) for matters addressed
by the settlement.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of 30 days from the date of
this publication comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice,
Washington, DC 20530, and either emailed to pubcommentees.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.
Cambrex Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 08–5815 (RMB), D.J. Ref. 90–
11–3–09274.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Southern District of
New York, 86 Chambers Street, New
York, New York 10007. 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 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.
E:\FR\FM\07JYN1.SGM
07JYN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 38468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15220]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2008, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. John B. Knight, Jr.; Robert D. Brown;
National Petroleum Marketing, Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.; and Navajo
Trails, Inc., Civil No. CIV-04-0626-PHX-JWS, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Arizona.
This Consent Decree resolves claims asserted by the United States
in a complaint filed on March 30, 2004, against the settling defendants
for civil penalties under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
42 U.S.C. 6991-6992, for failure to conduct corrosion tests every three
years; failure to report a suspected release within twenty-four hours;
failure to investigate suspected releases within seven days; failure to
monitor tanks every thirty days; failure to utilize a valid release
detection method; failure to provide adequate release detection for
piping; failure to maintain financial responsibility; and failure to
respond to information request letters.
The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment to the United
States of $55,000 in civil penalties.
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. John B. Knight, Jr.; Robert D. Brown; National
Petroleum Marketing, Inc.; Sunwest Express, Inc.; and Navajo Trails,
Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-08112.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Two Renaissance Square, 40
N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408, and at U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. 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, D.C. 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 $4.75 (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.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-15220 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P