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 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Burmar

Metal Finishing Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 96-1233 TJH (Ex), was

lodged on February 21, 1996 with the United States District Court for

the Central District of California. This consent decree provides for

the recovery of $110,000 in response costs incurred with respect to the

Burbank Operable Unit, San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site

(``Site''). This action is brought pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of

the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607. The fourteen settling defendants are either

past or present owners/operators of four small manufacturing facilities

that were investigated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board

(``RWQCB'') as part of its source identification and remediation

program.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Burmar Metal Finishing Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-

2-442B.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012;

the 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 refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25

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

Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-5774 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]

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