[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4761]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on February 18, 2004, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``CD'') in United States v. Reunion Industries, Inc., 
Civil Action No. C-04-0671 (MHP) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of California.
    In this action, the United States sought reimbursement pursuant to 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 et seq., of past response costs 
incurred by EPA in connection with the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances at the Gambonini Mercury Mine Site (the ``Site'') 
located in Marin County, California. The CD provides for Reunion 
Industries, Inc., the successor corporation to Buttes Gas and Oil Co., 
to settle its liability at the Site for past response costs by paying 
$100,000 in installments over three years.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Reunion Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07848.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, and 
at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California. During the public comment period, 
the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, or by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4761 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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