Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, 2820 [2018-00822]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act; and Federal Debt Collection
Procedures Act
On January 10, 2018, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Central District of
California in the lawsuit entitled United
States and California Department of
Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B.
Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb
Company of California, Civil Action No.
2:18–cv–234–ODW–JEM.
The United States and the California
Department of Toxic Substances Control
filed this lawsuit asserting a claim
under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) against the Jervis B. Webb
Company of California (Webb-Cal) to
recover costs incurred and to be
incurred by the United States and the
State of California in response to
releases of hazardous substances at the
Jervis Webb Superfund Site in South
Gate, California (the ‘‘Site’’). The United
States also asserted a claim against the
Jervis B. Webb Company (JBW), parent
company of Webb-Cal, under the
Federal Debt Collections Procedures Act
(‘‘FDCPA’’) to recover assets transferred
by Webb-Cal to JBW at a time when
Webb-Cal was insolvent and indebted to
the United States under CERCLA. Under
the proposed Consent Decree, JBW will
pay $3.45 million to the United States
to resolve the claims of the United
States. In exchange for this payment,
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both JBW and Webb-Cal will receive
site-wide covenants not to sue and
contribution protection under CERCLA,
and JBW will receive a covenant not to
sue for fraudulent conveyance under the
FDCPA. Under this Consent Decree,
California DTSC will receive $50,000
from JBW to resolve its claim under
CERCLA against Webb-Cal.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and California
Department of Toxic Substances Control
v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B.
Webb Company of California, D.J. Ref.
No. 90–11–3–10965. All comments must
be submitted no later than thirty (30)
days after the publication date of this
notice. Comments may be submitted
either by email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $8.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On January 10, 2018, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree (‘‘Consent Decree’’) with the
United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut in the lawsuit
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entitled United States v. Borough of
Naugatuck and Naugatuck
Environmental Technologies, LLC, Civil
Action No. 3:18-cv-00051-vlbVLBIn a
Complaint, the United States, on behalf
of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’), alleges that the
Borough of Naugatuck, Connecticut
(‘‘Naugatuck’’) and Naugatuck
Environmental Technologies, LLC
(‘‘NET’’) violated the Clean Air Act (the
‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413, by violating: (1)
The Solid Waste Combustion provisions
in Section 129 of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7429, and (2) the Federal Plan
Requirements for Sewage Sludge
Incineration Units Constructed on or
Before October 14, 2010, 40 CFR part 62,
subpart LLL (‘‘Subpart LLL’’). The
proposed Consent Decree in this case,
among other things, requires that
Naugatuck and NET bring the sewage
sludge incineration unit located at the
Naugatuck wastewater treatment facility
into compliance with Subpart LLL, and
pay a civil penalty of $100,000.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. Borough of
Naugatuck, CT and Naugatuck
Environmental Technologies, LLC, D.J.
Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–11589. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed Consent Decree upon written
request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $9.50 (25 cents per page
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;
and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act
On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central
District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States and
California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb
Company and Jervis B. Webb Company of California, Civil Action No.
2:18-cv-234-ODW-JEM.
The United States and the California Department of Toxic Substances
Control filed this lawsuit asserting a claim under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
against the Jervis B. Webb Company of California (Webb-Cal) to recover
costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of
California in response to releases of hazardous substances at the
Jervis Webb Superfund Site in South Gate, California (the ``Site'').
The United States also asserted a claim against the Jervis B. Webb
Company (JBW), parent company of Webb-Cal, under the Federal Debt
Collections Procedures Act (``FDCPA'') to recover assets transferred by
Webb-Cal to JBW at a time when Webb-Cal was insolvent and indebted to
the United States under CERCLA. Under the proposed Consent Decree, JBW
will pay $3.45 million to the United States to resolve the claims of
the United States. In exchange for this payment, both JBW and Webb-Cal
will receive site-wide covenants not to sue and contribution protection
under CERCLA, and JBW will receive a covenant not to sue for fraudulent
conveyance under the FDCPA. Under this Consent Decree, California DTSC
will receive $50,000 from JBW to resolve its claim under CERCLA against
Webb-Cal.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and California Department of Toxic
Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb Company
of California, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10965. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of
this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $8.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-00822 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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