[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9767]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Amendments to Consent Decree

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2001, 
amendments to the Consent Decree filed in United States v. Marine Shale 
Processors, Inc., Civ. No. CV90-1240, were lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The 
original Consent Decree was filed on February 19, 1998, and was 
modified by an Order of the Court dated February 23, 1999.
    In this action against Marine Shale Processors, Inc., (``MSP'') the 
United States sought to recover civil penalties and enjoin violations 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413. The United States also sought relief 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606, and 9607. MSP 
operated a facility in Morgan City, Louisiana that treated hazardous 
waste by combustion.
    These amendments extend the deadline by which a new company, GTX, 
Inc. must purchase the assets and liabilities of MSP to September 11, 
2001. The amendments also extend the ``Continuing Election'' provision 
of the Consent Decree. Section V of the original Consent Decree 
provided that GTX may make a ``Continuing Election'' that an Order 
vacating the Consent Decree not issue ``within ten (10) days after the 
eighteen months from entry of the Consent Decree'' if GTX has not 
obtained the ``Necessary Permits'' by that date. The amendments to 
Section V provide that the ``Continuing Election'' deadline will run 
prior to sixty days after the ``Final Effective Date,'' as defined in 
the Consent Decree in Section I.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Marine Shale Processors, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-204C.
    The consent decree amendments may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine 
Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, at U.S. EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Avenue 
Dallas, TX 75202-2733, and at the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. A copy of the 
consent decree amendments may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $1.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-9767 Filed 4-19-01; 8:45 am]
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