[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1421]


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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 3, 2006, an electronic 
version of a proposed consent decree was lodged in the United States 
District Court for the District of South Carolina in United States v. 
Exxon Mobile Corporation, et al., No. 7:06-00360-GRA (D.S.C.). The 
consent decree settles the United States' claims against numerous 
defendants under section 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607, in connection with the Aqua-Tech Environmental, Inc. (Groce 
Labs) Superfund Site near Greer, South Carolina (the ``Site''). Under 
the proposed consent decree, 79 settling defendants will perform the 
Remedial Design and Remedial Action for the Site and reimburse the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for past and 
future costs.
    In connection with the proposed consent decree, the United States, 
on behalf of 13 settling federal agencies, will contribute funds to pay 
EPA's past costs and to fund the future work. A fourteenth settling 
federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service, will make a lump sum payment 
to EPA for past costs and will make a lump sum payment to the settling 
defendants to fund the work.
    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. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., No. 7:06-CV-00360-GRA 
(D.S.C.) and DOJ 90-113-08483.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for this District of South Carolina 1441 Main Street, 
Suite 500 Columbia, South Carolina 29201. 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, [email protected], 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 $33.75 
(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. 06-1421 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]
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