[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30165-30166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11575]


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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 May 16, 2008, an electronic version 
of a proposed consent decree was lodged in the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California in United States v. 
Riverton Properties, Inc., et al., No. CV 08-03196 ABC (MANx). The 
consent decree settles the United States' claims against Riverton 
Properties, Inc. (``Riverton'') and the Joan W. Gregg Revocable Trust 
(the ``Trust'') under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the Preservation Aviation, 
Inc. site located at 10800 Burbank Boulevard and 5543 Riverton Avenue, 
North Hollywood, California. The consent decree also resolves potential 
CERCLA counterclaims against the United States Defense Logistics Agency 
(``DLA'').
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, DLA will pay $2 
million to compensate EPA's response costs, and Riverton and the Trust 
jointly will pay $1,868,000. EPA's total response costs are $6.5 
million.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Riverton Properties, Inc., et al., No. CV 08-03196 ABC 
(MANx) and DOJ 90-11-2-08809.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Central District of California, 300 North Los 
Angeles Street, Room 7516, Los Angeles, California 90012. During the 
public comment period, the consent decree may also be examined on the 
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Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $9.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-11575 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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