Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and The Clean Water Act, 64352-64353 [2010-26238]
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act and
The Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on October
12, 2010, two proposed Consent Decrees
in United States and State of Louisiana
v. ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol
North America Inc., Civil Action No.
2:10-cv-1556, were lodged with the
United States District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana.
In this action the United States, on
behalf of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, the
United States Department of the
Interior, and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration of the
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United States Department of Commerce,
and the State of Louisiana, on behalf of
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries (‘‘LDWF’’) and the
Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (‘‘LDEQ’’), sought, pursuant to
Sections 106 and 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and
9607(a), and pursuant to Section 311(f)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1321(f), (1) Reimbursement of response
costs incurred and to be incurred by the
governments in connection with the
Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site
(‘‘Site’’), (2) injunctive relief requiring
performance of response actions by
Defendants; and (3) recovery of damages
for the injury to, destruction of, or loss
of natural resources under the
trusteeship of the federal and state
trustees, as a result of releases and
threatened release of hazardous
substances into the environment at or
from the Site, including the recovery of
the costs of assessing such injury and
damages and the future costs of
overseeing and monitoring restoration
actions. The Calcasieu Estuary
Superfund Site is located in Louisiana
and includes the aerial extent of
contamination within the area of the
Estuary encompassing Bayou Verdine,
Bayou d’ Inde, Coon Island Loop,
Clooney Island Loop, Prien Lake, Lake
Charles, and the Calcasieu River from
the saltwater barrier to Moss Lake.
The United States and the State have
negotiated two separate consent decrees
to resolve the CERCLA and CWA claims
against Settling Defendants, as well as
the state law claims. The proposed
Consent Decrees resolve the liability of
ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol
North America Inc. for response costs
incurred and response actions taken in
connection with the Site and for
damages for injury to, loss of, or
destruction of natural resources at the
Site as alleged in the Complaint. Under
the Consent Decree for Removal Action
and Recovery of Response Costs,
Settling Defendants have agreed to: (1)
Reimburse the United States $4,553,547
of past response costs for the Site and
100% of future oversight costs related to
the selected removal action for Bayou
Verdine, and (2) perform a non-time
critical removal action within Bayou
Verdine and adjacent areas at the Site in
accordance with the Action
Memorandum for a Removal Action at
the Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site,
Bayou Verdine Area of Concern, Lake
Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana,
executed by EPA on August 6, 2003.
This Consent Decree includes a
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covenant not to sue by the United States
and the State under Sections 106 and
107 of CERCLA, under Section 311(f) of
the Clean Water Act, and under Section
7003 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
Under the Consent Decree for Natural
Resource Damages, Settling Defendants
have agreed to (1) reimburse the federal
and state trustees nearly $1,200,000 of
past natural resource damages
assessment costs, (2) perform
construction of a restoration project
selected by the trustees in accordance
with the Final Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment for the
Bayou Verdine Site, and (3) pay an
additional sum of $750,000 toward
further monitoring or corrective action
after completion of construction of the
restoration project. Under the terms of
the Consent Decree and the assessment
and restoration plan finalized by the
Trustees, the Settling Defendants will
construct the Sabine Unit 1999
Restoration Project to compensate for
the natural resources losses attributable
to Settling Defendants’ releases of
hazardous substances into the Calcasieu
Estuary. The Project will create over 14
new acres of marsh, enhance the
ecological functioning of approximately
247 acres of existing marsh, and
increase the expected functional life
span of these marshes. It is to be
performed in the Calcasieu Estuary at a
designated site within the Sabine
National Wildlife Refuge. This Consent
Decree includes a covenant not to sue
by the United States and the State under
Section 107 of CERCLA and under
Section 311(f) of the Clean Water Act.
The two proposed Consent Decrees
are to become effective only after both
have been entered by the Court.
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 for the
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
and either e-mailed to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O.
Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044–
7611, and should refer to United States
and State of Louisiana v.
ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol
North America Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–
1284 and 1284/1. Commenters may
request an opportunity for a public
meeting in the affected area, in
accordance with Section 7003 (d) of
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The Consent Decrees may be
examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Western District of
Louisiana, 800 Lafayette Street, Suite
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2200, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. The
Consent Decree for Removal Action and
Recovery of Response Costs may also be
examined at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas,
75202. During the public comment
period, the Consent Decrees may also be
examined on the following Department
of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.
gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy
of either 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
$51.25 for the Response Costs and
Response Action Consent Decree and
attachments (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) and/or in the amount
of $21.75 for the Natural Resource
Damages Consent Decree and
attachments (25 cents per page
reproduction cost), payable to the U.S.
Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward
a check in the amount(s) to the Consent
Decree Library at the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under The Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(‘‘CERCLA’’)
Notice is hereby given that on October
12, 2010 a proposed consent decree
(‘‘proposed Decree’’) in United States v.
Rutgers Organics Corporation, Civil
Action No. 04:10–cv–02113–JFM, was
lodged with the United States District
Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania.
In this action under Section 107(a) of
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) (‘‘CERCLA’’), the
United States sought to recover response
costs incurred or to be incurred by the
United States as a result of releases and
threatened releases of hazardous
substances from the chemical
manufacturing facility operated by
Rutgers Organics Company located at
the Centre County Kepone Superfund
Site in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
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The proposed Decree requires the
defendant to pay $136,331.98 to the
United States in reimbursement of past
response costs, and obligates the
defendant to perform the remedy that
EPA selected for the surface soils at the
Site. The proposed Decree provides the
defendant with a covenant not to sue
under Sections 106 and 107(a) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a).
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the proposed Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and either emailed 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. Rutgers Organics Corporation,
D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–1436/3.
The proposed Decree may be
examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania, William J. Nealon
Federal Bldg. & Courthouse, 235 N.
Washington Ave., Suite 311, Scranton,
PA 18503, and at U.S. EPA Region 3,
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103–2029. During the public
comment period, the proposed 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 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
$53.75 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if
by email or fax, forward a check in that
amount to the Consent Decree Library at
the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives
[OMB Number 1140–0015]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
60–Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Application
for Tax Exempt Transfer and
Registration of Firearm.
ACTION:
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF), will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
‘‘sixty days’’ until December 20, 2010.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have comments especially on
the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions,
or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information,
please contact Gary Schaible, National
Firearms Act Branch, Room 5100, 650
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20226
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more
of the following four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and The Clean
Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 12, 2010, two proposed
Consent Decrees in United States and State of Louisiana v.
ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol North America Inc., Civil Action No.
2:10-cv-1556, were lodged with the United States District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana.
In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the
Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of
the United States Department of Commerce, and the State of Louisiana,
on behalf of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
(``LDWF'') and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
(``LDEQ''), sought, pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and pursuant to Section
311(f) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f), (1) Reimbursement of
response costs incurred and to be incurred by the governments in
connection with the Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site (``Site''), (2)
injunctive relief requiring performance of response actions by
Defendants; and (3) recovery of damages for the injury to, destruction
of, or loss of natural resources under the trusteeship of the federal
and state trustees, as a result of releases and threatened release of
hazardous substances into the environment at or from the Site,
including the recovery of the costs of assessing such injury and
damages and the future costs of overseeing and monitoring restoration
actions. The Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site is located in Louisiana
and includes the aerial extent of contamination within the area of the
Estuary encompassing Bayou Verdine, Bayou d' Inde, Coon Island Loop,
Clooney Island Loop, Prien Lake, Lake Charles, and the Calcasieu River
from the saltwater barrier to Moss Lake.
The United States and the State have negotiated two separate
consent decrees to resolve the CERCLA and CWA claims against Settling
Defendants, as well as the state law claims. The proposed Consent
Decrees resolve the liability of ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol North
America Inc. for response costs incurred and response actions taken in
connection with the Site and for damages for injury to, loss of, or
destruction of natural resources at the Site as alleged in the
Complaint. Under the Consent Decree for Removal Action and Recovery of
Response Costs, Settling Defendants have agreed to: (1) Reimburse the
United States $4,553,547 of past response costs for the Site and 100%
of future oversight costs related to the selected removal action for
Bayou Verdine, and (2) perform a non-time critical removal action
within Bayou Verdine and adjacent areas at the Site in accordance with
the Action Memorandum for a Removal Action at the Calcasieu Estuary
Superfund Site, Bayou Verdine Area of Concern, Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana, executed by EPA on August 6, 2003. This Consent
Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United States and the
State under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, under Section 311(f) of the
Clean Water Act, and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
Under the Consent Decree for Natural Resource Damages, Settling
Defendants have agreed to (1) reimburse the federal and state trustees
nearly $1,200,000 of past natural resource damages assessment costs,
(2) perform construction of a restoration project selected by the
trustees in accordance with the Final Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment for the Bayou Verdine Site, and (3) pay an
additional sum of $750,000 toward further monitoring or corrective
action after completion of construction of the restoration project.
Under the terms of the Consent Decree and the assessment and
restoration plan finalized by the Trustees, the Settling Defendants
will construct the Sabine Unit 1999 Restoration Project to compensate
for the natural resources losses attributable to Settling Defendants'
releases of hazardous substances into the Calcasieu Estuary. The
Project will create over 14 new acres of marsh, enhance the ecological
functioning of approximately 247 acres of existing marsh, and increase
the expected functional life span of these marshes. It is to be
performed in the Calcasieu Estuary at a designated site within the
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. This Consent Decree includes a
covenant not to sue by the United States and the State under Section
107 of CERCLA and under Section 311(f) of the Clean Water Act.
The two proposed Consent Decrees are to become effective only after
both have been entered by the Court.
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
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, and either e-mailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed
to P.O. Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States and State of Louisiana v. ConocoPhillips Company and
Sasol North America Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1284 and 1284/1. Commenters
may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area,
in accordance with Section 7003 (d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 800 Lafayette Street,
Suite
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2200, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. The Consent Decree for Removal Action
and Recovery of Response Costs may also be examined at U.S. EPA Region
6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas, 75202. During the
public comment period, the Consent Decrees may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of either 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 $51.25 for the Response Costs and Response
Action Consent Decree and attachments (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) and/or in the amount of $21.75 for the Natural Resource Damages
Consent Decree and attachments (25 cents per page reproduction cost),
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in
the amount(s) to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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