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Revision to United States Marshals Service Fees for Services

Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

This rule proposes to increase the fee from $45 per person per hour to $55 per person per hour for process served or executed personally by a United States Marshals Service employee, agent, or contractor. This proposed fee increase reflects the current costs to the United States Marshals Service for service of process in federal court proceedings.

Notice of Public Comment Period for Proposed Clean Water Act Consent Decree

Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United States will receive public comments on a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Valero RefiningTexas, L.P. (``Valero Consent Decree'') (Civil Action No. 2:08cv00190), which was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on June 10, 2008.

This proposed Consent Decree was lodged simultaneously with the Complaint in this Clean Water Act case against Valero RefiningTexas, L.P. (``Valero''). The Complaint alleges that Valero is civilly liable for violation of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. The Complaint seeks civil penalties for the discharge of oil into navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines from the Valero Refinery West Plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. In particular, the Complaint alleges that at least 3,400 barrels of oil were discharged from a Valero containmen

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that on May 29, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of New Orleans, et al., Civil Action No. 023618, Section ``E'', was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought to recover from certain parties response costs that it incurred in response to releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances from the Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The United States also sought to recover civil penalties from the City of New Orleans for violations of an access order and information request issued by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the liability of the City of New Orleans for past response costs and civil penalties, under Sections 104(e) and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604(e) and 9607(a). Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the C

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that on June 6, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree in United States et al. v. Albemarle Electric Membership Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 5:08cv00261D (E.D.N.C.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

In this action the United States and the State of North Carolina sought cost recovery under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against 27 defendants for costs relating to the release or
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threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at or from the Carolina Transformer Superfund Site in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (``the Site''). The Consent Decree resolves the liability of the 27 named Defendants, 105 additional non federal settling entities, and eight settling federal agencies. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the 132 nonfederal settling parties (collectively termed ``Settling Defendants'') would pay $9,286,461 to the United States Environmental Protection A