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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on December 23, 1998, a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v. Southern California Edison Company,

Civil Action number F-98-5595 AWI SMS, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

In this action, the United States sought to recover past response

costs as well as future response costs incurred and to be incurred by

the United States at the Southern California Edison Visalia Poleyard

Superfund Site (``Site'') in Visalia, Tulare County, California. The

Consent Decree resolves claims pursuant to Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, against defendant Southern California Edison

Company. In the proposed consent decree, the Defendant agrees to pay to

the United States $264,000 for past response costs which the United

States paid through February 28, 1998, and has also agreed to reimburse

the United States for all costs paid at or in connection with the Site

after February 28, 1998 that are not inconsistent with the National

Contingency Plan.

The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

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

Southern California Edison Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06062.

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

States Attorney, Eastern District of California, Federal Building Room

3654, 1130 ``O'' Street, Fresno, CA 93721, at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005,

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person

or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $7 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable

to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-609 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]

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