[Federal Register: January 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 7)]
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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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