80 FR 60716 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 194 (October 7, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60716-60717]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25531]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 29, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Shell 
Oil Company, Civil Action No. 2:15-cv-07619-R (AGRx).
    The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), filed this lawsuit under CERCLA for performance of 
response action to address Operable Unit 1 of the Del Amo Superfund 
Site, and for cost recovery. The Site, the location of a former 
synthetic rubber plant, is in Los Angeles County, California.
    On September 29, 2015, the California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control (``DTSC'') also filed a complaint against the United 
States of America and Shell Oil Company under CERCLA for cost recovery 
with regard to Del Amo Superfund Site Operable Unit 1. California 
Department of Toxic Substances Control v. United States of America, et 
al. (C.D. Cal.), Civil Action No. 2:15-cv-07636.
    The proposed consent decree would resolve the claims alleged in the 
complaint of the United States and in the complaint of the DTSC, and 
provides for the implementation of a remedy that EPA and DTSC will 
oversee. The Consent Decree requires Shell Oil Company to implement the 
remedy selected by EPA for Operable Unit 1. EPA's selected remedy for 
Operable Unit 1, which addresses soil and non-aqueous phase liquid, 
includes capping and implementation of soil vapor extraction, building 
engineering controls, in-situ chemical oxidation, and institutional 
controls. The settlement further provides for Shell Oil Company to pay 
EPA $1,200,000 for past response costs, and to pay DTSC $63,993.81 for 
past response costs, and also to pay EPA and DTSC future response costs 
of overseeing the implementation of the remedial action. The proposed 
settlement includes the U.S. General Services Administration as a 
settling federal agency as the successor to the former federal 
government owners of the plant, and provides that the United States 
will reimburse Shell Oil Company for a portion of the costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney

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General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States v. Shell Oil Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-933/4. All 
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the 
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by 
email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $103.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a 
paper copy without the exhibits, the cost is $32.50.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-25531 Filed 10-6-15; 8:45 am]
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