81 FR 24885 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 81 (April 27, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24885-24886]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09864]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 20, 2016, the Department of Justice and the State of 
California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control and Toxic Substances Control Account (``DTSC'') filed a 
complaint and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California pertaining to 
environmental contamination at Operable Unit 2 (``OU2'') of the Omega 
Chemical Corporation Superfund Site (``Site'') in Los Angeles County, 
California. The complaint and proposed Consent Decree were filed 
contemporaneously in the matter of United States of America and State 
of California on behalf of the Department of Toxic Substances Control

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and Toxic Substances Control Account v. Abex Aerospace et al., Civil 
Action No. 2:16-cv-02696 (C.D. Cal.).
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims under Sections 
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and Section 7003 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, as well as 
related state law claims, in connection with environmental 
contamination at OU2. The Consent Decree requires the settling 
defendants, which include as Settling Work Defendants the members of 
the Omega PRP Organized Group (``OPOG'') and McKesson Corporation, and 
also include various Settling Cash Defendants, to perform work at OU2 
and to make a payment of $8 million toward the United States' 
unreimbursed OU2 past costs, and a payment of $70,000 towards DTSC's 
unreimbursed OU2 past costs. The proposed Consent Decree also requires 
the settling defendants to pay the United States' and DTSC's future 
response costs for overseeing the work the settling defendants will be 
performing at OU2.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States of America and State of California on 
behalf of the Department of Toxic Substances Control and Toxic 
Substances Control Account v. Abex Aerospace et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-06529/10. A hearing will be held on the proposed settlement if 
requested in writing within the public comment period. 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: https://www.usdoj.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 $86.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United States 
Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, 
the cost is $22.75.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-09864 Filed 4-26-16; 8:45 am]
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