Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Published date12 August 2020
Citation85 FR 48726
Record Number2020-17580
SectionNotices
CourtJustice Department
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 156 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 48726-48727]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-17580]
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                DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
                 On August 6, 2020, the Department of Justice and the State of
                California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances
                Control (``DTSC'') lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United
                States District Court for the Central District of California pertaining
                to environmental contamination at the Dual Site Groundwater Operable
                Unit (``Dual Site OU'') of the Montrose Chemical Corp. and Del Amo
                Superfund Sites, in Los Angeles County, California. This proposed
                Consent Decree was lodged in the case United States of America and
                State of California vs. Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al.,
                Civil Action No. 2:90-cv-03122 DOC (C.D. Cal.); it resolves certain of
                the claims in that case.
                 The proposed Consent Decree, titled in full ``Partial Consent
                Decree (Dual Site Operable Unit--Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy Operation
                and Maintenance)'', resolves certain claims or potential claims under
                Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
                Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as well as
                certain
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                potential state law claims, in connection with environmental
                contamination at the Dual Site OU. The settling defendants are TFCF
                America, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Montrose Chemical Corporation of
                California; Stauffer Management Company LLC; and JCI Jones Chemicals
                Inc. The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform
                long-term operation and maintenance of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy
                at the Dual Site OU, and to make a payment of $4,000,000.00 toward the
                United States' unreimbursed Dual Site OU past costs and a payment of
                $177,265.36 towards DTSC's Dual Site OU past costs. (These same
                settling defendants, other than JCI Jones Chemicals Inc., have already
                committed in a previously approved partial consent decree to perform
                construction of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy.) The proposed Consent
                Decree also requires the settling defendants to pay the United States'
                and DTSC's future response costs for overseeing the work the settling
                defendants will be performing at the Dual Site OU.
                 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 of America and State of California vs.
                Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., D.J. Ref. Nos. 90-11-3-
                511 and 90-11-2-933/3. 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.usdoj.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 $96.00 (25 cents per page
                reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United States
                Treasury. For a paper copy without the appendices and signature pages,
                the cost is $22.25.
                Henry S. Friedman,
                Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
                and Natural Resources Division.
                [FR Doc. 2020-17580 Filed 8-11-20; 8:45 am]
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