[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67607-67608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25534]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on October 25, 2004, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Esso Standard Oil Co. 
S.A. Ltd., Civil Action No. 2004/0139, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Virgin Islands.
    In this action, the United States asserted claims against Esso 
Standard Oil Co. S.A. Ltd. (Esso) under Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for recovery of response costs incurred 
regarding the Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site, in St. Thomas, USVI 
(Site). The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement with Esso to 
pay $3 million of response costs. The decree provides Esso with a 
covenant not to sue under Section 107(a) of CERCLA.
    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. Esso Standard Oil Co. S.A. Ltd., D.J. 90-11-3-1510/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1108 King Street, Suite 201, Christensted, St. Croix, 
VI 00820, and at the Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, 
New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree also may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
2004-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone

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confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25534 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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