[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 204 (Friday, October 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27008]


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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 September 22, 2000, the United 
States lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Texas, in United States of America 
v. Advanced Resin Systems, Inc., No. H-99-4357, pursuant to sections 
104 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9604 and 9607. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves civil claims of the United States 
against twenty-three separate parties in connection with the Archem 
Site, located in Houston, Texas. The settling parties will pay a total 
of $1,070,000 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs 
incurred at the Site by the Environmental Protection Agency.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States of America 
v. Advanced Resin Systems, Inc., DJ No. 90-11-2-1328/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 515 Rusk, 
Ste. 3300, Houston, Texas 77002, 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, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of 
$10.25, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27008 Filed 10-19-00; 8:45 am]
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