Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Shell Oil Company, Inc., et al.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Shell Oil

Company, Inc., et al.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on September 15, 1994 a proposed Consent Decree in

United States and State of California v. Shell Oil Company, Inc., et

al. Case No. CF 91-0589 RJK(Ex) was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Central District of California. This Consent

Decree represents a settlement of claims against Shell Oil Company,

Union Oil Company of California, Atlantic Richfield Company and Texaco,

Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') for costs incurred in connection with

the McColl Superfund Site in Fullerton, California under Section 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607.

Under this settlement between the United States and the State of

California (``Plaintiffs'') and the Settling Defendants, the Settling

Defendants will pay the United States Environmental Protection Agency

(``EPA'') $13,248,000 for past United States response costs. The

Consent Decree also requires the Settling Defendants to pay the State

of California $4,752,000 for past State response costs. Under the

Consent Decree, the Plaintiffs obtain a declaratory judgment against

the Settling Defendants for all future response costs incurred in

connection with the McColl Site. The Consent Decree imposes a penalty

of $5,000 per day for each day payment of past response costs to the

Plaintiffs is late.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States and State of California v. Shell Oil Company, Inc., et al., D.J.

Ref. 90-11-2-3A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Central District of California, Room 7516

Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California

90217 and at Region IX, Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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