Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 42 U.S.C. 9601,

et seq.

Notice is hereby given that on May 27, 1999, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States of America et al. v. Braselman Corporation, et

al., Civil Action No. 96-0862 (consolidated with No. 96-0872) was

lodged in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Louisiana. The United States and the State of Louisiana filed these

actions under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as amended

(``CERCLA'') for reimbursement of response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the United States for response actions related to the

release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Bayou

Bonfouca Superfund Site (``Site'') in the City of Slidell, Louisiana.

Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Alabama Great Southern

Railroad Company (``Alabama Great Southern'') has agreed to pay the

U.S. EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $11,700,000 in reimbursement of

past and potential future response costs at the Site. The United States

entered into a prior Consent Decree with Kerr-McGee Chemical

Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation in which the those defendants

agreed to pay $20,000,000 to resolve their liability at the Site. The

United States also entered into a previous Consent Decree with Fleming

American Investment Trust, Ltd. under which that defendant paid

$3,600,000 to resolve its responsibility at the Site. The United States

incurred approximately $125,000,000 in cleaning up the Site.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States of America et al. v. Braselman Corporation et al., DOJ Ref. No.

90-11-2-803A.

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

United States Attorney, Hal Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; the Region VI Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas Texas 75202;

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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 $9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-14894 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]

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