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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28

C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2)(B), notice is hereby

given that a proposed Fifth Partial Consent Decree in United States v.

GSF Energy, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 97-5440 JGD, was lodged on July

23, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Central

District of California. That action was brought pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

for cleanup and cost recovery at the Operating Industries, Inc.

Superfund site in Monterey Park, California.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling parties, GSF Energy

and Air Products and Chemicals Inc., will pay $1.762 million to resolve

their liability for the performance of remedial actions at the

Operating Industries site, and for reimbursement of costs incurred and

to be incurred by the United States at the site. Work is ongoing at the

site to perform the remedial actions by other parties who have settled

in previous consent decrees for the same matters as this consent

decree.

As provided in 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7 and 42 U.S.C.

Sec. 9622(d)(2)(B), the Department of Justice will receive comments

from persons who are not named as parties to this action relating to

the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All comments should

refer to United States v. GSF Energy, L.L.C., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-156I.

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

United States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles,

California 90012, and at the Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California

94105. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined 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. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $11.00 for a

copy of the consent decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs)

payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-20405 Filed 8-1-97; 8:45 am]

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