Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7 and 42

U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on September 17, 1996, a

proposed Consent Decree in United States v. ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., et

al., Civil Action No. 96-6518 KMW, was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Central District of California. That action was

brought against defendants pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, and Section 7003 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6973, for cleanup of,

and payment of certain costs to be incurred by the United States at the

Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Management Facility in Casmalia

(Santa Barbara County), California.

Under the consent decree, the settlors will perform the first phase

of cleanup at the Site and pay certain costs to be incurred by the

United States concerning this work. Subject to available funds, they

will also perform an additional phase of Site cleanup. In exchange for

these commitments, the settlors will receive partial covenants not to

sue for the facility under common law and sections 106 and 107 of

CERCLA and Section 7003 of RCRA.

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 v. ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-611A.

[Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the

affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.]

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

United States Attorney, Central District of California, 300 N. Los

Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and at Region IX, Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

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 $69.25 for

the entire decree, with signature pages and appendices payable to the

Consent Decree Library (25 cents per page reproduction cost). (You may

also pay $35.25 for the decree without signature pages or Appendices,

and/or $14.00 for the signature pages, and/or $20.00 for the

appendices.)

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-24837 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]

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