[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 6220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2567]


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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 January 27, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States et al. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Civil Action No. 
10-cv-00375-EMC was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of California.
    The Consent Decree settles claims for natural resource damages 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and certain state law claims, 
that arose in connection with historic discharges of hazardous 
substances into Castro Cove from a refinery owned by Chevron U.S.A. 
Inc. which is located in Richmond, California. Under the Consent 
Decree, the defendant will pay $2,850,000 jointly to the state and 
federal natural resource trustees for natural resource damages and will 
pay the natural resource trustees for any unreimbursed assessment costs 
incurred by the State and Federal natural resource trustees.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Proposed 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 U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States et al. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., D.J. Ref. 
 90-11-3-09726.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following 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 $5.00 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-2567 Filed 2-5-10; 8:45 am]
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