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, notice is hereby given that

a proposed consent decree in United States v. Sadeane Lang, Independent

Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, Civil Action No. 1:94CV57,

was lodged on August 7, 1996 with the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. Donald R. Lang was

the owner and/or operator at the time of disposal of hazardous

substances of the Turtle Bayou Superfund Site (also known as the Petro-

Chemical Systems, Inc. Site) (``Site''), located in Liberty County,

Texas, approximately fifteen miles southeast of the City of Liberty and

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approximately sixty-five miles northeast of Houston, Texas. The

Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the Department of Justice

incurred and continues to incur costs for response actions at and in

connection with the Site. The proposed Consent Decree provides that

based upon a limited ability to pay, the Defendant will pay $250,000 to

the United States of the past costs incurred and paid by EPA and the

Department of Justice through January 31, 1990. The proposed Consent

Decree also provides that the United States covenants not to sue

defendant Sadeane Lang, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donald

R. Lang under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.

The Department of Justice will provide a RCRA public meeting in the

affected area if requested and will receive, for a period of thirty

(30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed consent decree. Comments and/or a request for a RCRA public

meeting should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Sadeane

Lang, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Donald R. Lang, DOJ Ref.

#90-11-3-709.

The proposed consent degree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, 350 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 150, Beaumont, Texas

77701; the Region VI Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W.,

4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 (25

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 96-24838 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]

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