[Federal Register: December 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 241)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Sections 104 and 
107 of CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on December 1, 1999, the United States 
lodged a proposed consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Texas, No. G-99-731, in United States of 
America v. GAF Corp., et al., pursuant to Sections 104 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604 and 9607. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
civil claims of the United States against thirty-five de minimis 
generator Defendants for the Tex Tin Superfund Site located in Texas 
City and La Marque, Texas. The Defendants will pay a total of 
approximately $1.5 million in reimbursement of response costs at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States of America v. GAF Corp., et al., DJ 
No. 90-11-3-1669/1. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, Houston, Texas, and the Region VI Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 
75202. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check for 
reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $14.75 for 
the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32612 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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