[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7466]


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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 March 30, 2005, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. City of New Orleans, et al., Civil Action 
No. 02-3618, Section ``E'', was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought to recover response 
costs from certain parties, including CFI Industries, Inc. (``CFI''). 
EPA incurred such costs in response to releases and threatened releases 
of hazardous substances from the Agriculture Street Landfill (the 
``Site'') located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The proposed Consent 
Decree require CFI to pay $1.75 million towards the response costs 
incurred by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree resolves CFI's liability 
under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for costs already 
incurred to the site by EPA or by the Department of Justice on behalf 
of EPA.
    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 
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. City of New Orleans, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-
3-1638/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 501 Magazine Street, 
Suite 210, New Orleans, LA 70130, and at the offices of EPA, Region 6, 
1455 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733. 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 or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood (tonia. fleetwood@ usdoj.gov), 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 $5.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7466 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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