[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 20418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3750]


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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 April 6, 2006, a proposed consent 
decree (``proposed decree'') in United States v. The Standard Oil Co. 
et al., Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-00539-JBA, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
    The proposed decree resolves claims asserted by the United States, 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
against The Standard Oil Co. and Industrial Holdings Corp. (``Settling 
Defendants'') under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607. 
The claims sought to recover past response costs incurred at the Chase 
Brass & Copper site (``Site'') in Watertown, Connecticut. The proposed 
decree requires the Settling Defendants to reimburse the United States 
$4,000,000 in past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General c/o Jerome MacLaughlin, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, DC 20044 and refer to United States v. The 
Standard Oil Co. et al., Civil Act No. 3:06-cv-00539-JBA (D. Conn.), DJ 
90-11-3-08073.
    Copies of the proposed decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, 157 Church St. 
Floor 23, New Haven, CT 06510, or at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region I, One Congress St., Boston, MA 02114. During the public 
comment period, the proposed Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. Copies of the proposed Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the U.S. Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Ben Franklin Station, 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 $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 06-3750 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am]
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