[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 40692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16605]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 50.7, and in 
accordance with section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States 
v. Browning-Ferris Industries Chemical Services, Inc., et al., 
(``Settling Defendants''), Civil Action No. 1:00 CV-386, was lodged on 
June 12, 2000, with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
    In this action the United States and the State of Texas, pursuant 
to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, 
sought natural resource damages, including assessment costs, related to 
releases of hazardous substances from the Bailey Waste Disposal Site 
(``Bailey Site''), located in Orange County, Bridge City, Texas. The 
Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendants will pay the 
United States and the State of Texas $605,000.00 dollars for natural 
resource damages, including assessment costs, related to the release of 
hazardous substances from the Bailey 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, 
P.O. Box 7611, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Browning-Ferris 
Industries Chemical Services, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-390/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree May be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 350 Magnolia Street, 
Suite 150, Beaumont, Texas 77701; the Region VI Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, United States Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16605 Filed 6-29-00; 8:45 am]
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