[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1446]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(``OPA'')
Notice is hereby given that on January 13, 2005, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Civil Action No.
1:05CV0021, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas.
In this action the United States and the State of Texas (``State'')
sought natural resource damages pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(``OPA'') and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Chevron
facility is located in Port Authur, Jefferson County, Texas.
Under the Consent Decree, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron
Environmental Management company, and Chevron Phillips Chemical
Company, LP will construct and plan an 85-acre estuarine marsh and a
30-acre coastal wet prairie and will construct some water control
structures near Port Arthur, Texas. The companies will pay
approximately $150,000 in past assessment costs incurred by the federal
trustees, additional future costs that the federal trustees expect to
incur, and costs incurred by the State trustees.
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,
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-07542/1.
The Consent Decree may be examined during the public comment period
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, PO Box 7611, U.S Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097,
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a complete copy
of the Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a
check in the amount of $28.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy of the Consent
Decree, exclusive of exhibits and defendants' signatures, please
enclose a check in the amount of $13.50 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1446 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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