[Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)]
[Notices]               
[Page 31611-31612]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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