HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2010-R0367 - Participation In Consent Decree - Oklahoma V. Union Pacific - 08/12/2010Resolution No. 2010-RO367
August 12, 2010
Item No. 5.28
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, documents to permit the
participation in a Consent Decree in the matter of the United States and the State of
Oklahoma v. Union Pacific et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C in the U. S. District Court for
the District of Western Oklahoma, and related documents. Said Consent Decree is
attached hereto and incorporated in this resolution as if fully set forth herein and shall be
included in the minutes of the City Council.
Passed by the City Council this
12th day of August 2010.
TOM MARTIN, MAYOR
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Resolution No. 2010-RO367
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
and
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
Plaintiffs,
V.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY,
[xxxxxxxx]
Defendants,
Civil Action No. 06-887C
Judge Robin J. Cauthron
CONSENT DECREE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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)NSENT DECREE ............10
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PLAINTIFFS ............... 13
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FRIBUTION PROTECTION .....15
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NOTICES AND SUBMISSIONS .............................
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RETENTION OF JURISDICTION ............................
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INTEGRATION/APPENDICES..............................18
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LODGING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT .....
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SIGNATORIES/SERVICE ............................... ...
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FINAL JUDGMENT ........................................
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I. BACKGROUND
A. The United States of America ("United States"), on behalf of the Administrator of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the United States Department of
the Interior, filed a complaint in this matter pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9607, as
amended ("CERCLA") and Title 27A O.S. §§ 1-2-101, 1-3-101, and 2-3-101, seeking
reimbursement of response costs incurred or to be incurred for response actions taken at or in
connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Double Eagle
Refinery Site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ("the Site"), as well as damages for injury to,
destruction of, or loss of natural resources, including the reasonable costs of assessing such
injury, destruction or loss resulting from such a release.
B. The State of Oklahoma (the "State") is a co -plaintiff in the complaint filed in this
Court seeking recovery under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9607 and Title 27A O.S. §§
1-2-101, 1-3-101, and 2-3-101. The State seeks reimbursement of response costs incurred or to
be incurred for response actions taken at or in connection with the release or threatened release
of hazardous substances at the Site, as well as damages for injury to, destruction of, or loss of
natural resources, including the reasonable costs of assessing such injury, destruction or loss
resulting from such a release.
C. Settling Defendants do not admit any liability to Plaintiffs arising out of the
transactions or occurrences alleged in the complaint. Settling Federal and State Agencies do not
admit any liability arising out of the transactions or occurrences alleged in any counterclaim
asserted by any Settling Defendant.
D. The United States, the State, and Settling Defendants agree, and this Court by
entering this Consent Decree finds, that this Consent Decree has been negotiated by the Parties in
good faith, that settlement of this matter will avoid prolonged and complicated litigation between
the Parties, and that this Consent Decree is fair, reasonable, and in the public interest.
THEREFORE, with the consent of the Parties to this Decree, it is ORDERED,
ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:
II. JURISDICTION
1. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§§ 1331, 1345, and 1367(a) and 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607 and 9613(b) and also has personal
jurisdiction over Settling Defendants. Solely for the purposes of this Consent Decree and the
underlying complaint, Settling Defendants waive all objections and defenses that they may have
to jurisdiction of the Court or to venue in this District. Settling Defendants shall not challenge
the terms of this Consent Decree or this Court's jurisdiction to enter and enforce this Consent
Decree.
III. PARTIES BOUND
2. This Consent Decree is binding upon the United States and the State, and upon
Settling Defendants and their successors and assigns. Any change in ownership or corporate or
other legal status, including but not limited to, any transfer of assets or real or personal property,
shall in no way alter the status or responsibilities of Settling Defendants under this Consent
Decree.
IV. DEFINITIONS
3. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, terms used in this Consent Decree that
are defined in CERCLA or in regulations promulgated under CERCLA shall have the meanings
assigned to them in CERCLA or in such regulations. Whenever terms listed below are used in
this Consent Decree or in any appendix attached hereto, the following definitions shall apply:
a. "Anticipated Future Response Costs" shall mean the future costs of all Five
Year Reviews at the Site.
b. "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seg.
c. "Consent Decree" shall mean this Consent Decree and all appendices attached
hereto. In the event of conflict between this Consent Decree and any appendix, the Consent
Decree shall control.
d. "Day" shall mean a calendar day. In computing any period of time under this
Consent Decree, where the last day would fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, the
period shall run until the close of business of the next working day.
e. "DOJ" shall mean the United States Department of Justice and any successor
departments, agencies or instrumentalities of the United States.
f. "EPA" shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency and any
successor departments, agencies or instrumentalities of the United States.
g. "EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund" shall mean the Hazardous Substance
Superfund established by the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 9507.
h. "Federal Natural Resource Trustee" shall mean the U.S. Department of the
Interior, by and through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
L "Interest" shall mean interest at the rate specified for interest on investments of
the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund established by 26 U.S.C. § 9507, compounded
annually on October 1 of each year, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a). The applicable rate
of interest shall be the rate in effect at the time the interest accrues. The rate of interest is subject
to change on October 1 of each year.
j. "Natural Resource Damages" shall mean damages for injury to, destruction of,
or loss of natural resources, including the reasonable costs of assessing such injury, destruction,
or loss resulting from releases of hazardous substances at the Site as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 9601,
9607, 40 C.F.R. § 300.600, and 27A O.S. § 1-2-101. For the purposes of this Consent Decree,
"Natural Resource Damages" shall mean the estimated sum of money necessary to restore,
replace or acquire the equivalent of natural resources injured, destroyed or lost as a result of
releases of hazardous substances at the Site, which shall include impairment of services or
functions of natural resources, as well as the Natural Resource Trustees' damage assessment
costs. "Natural Resource Damages" shall also include the Natural Resource Trustees' estimated
costs to plan, design, permit, implement, administer, and monitor project(s) to restore, replace, or
acquire the equivalent of natural resources that have been injured, destroyed, or lost, or to have
these activities performed under their oversight.
k. "Natural resource" and "natural resources" shall mean land, fish, biota, air,
water, groundwater, drinking water supplies, and such other resources belonging to, managed by,
held in trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by the United States and/or the State,
and shall also mean the services provided by such resources to other resources or to humans.
1. "Natural Resource Trustees" shall mean the State Natural Resource Trustee and
the Federal Natural Resource Trustee collectively.
m. "ODEQ" shall mean the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and
any successor departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the State.
n. "Paragraph" shall mean a portion of this Consent Decree identified by an
Arabic numeral or an upper or lower case letter.
o. "Parties" shall mean the United States, the State, Settling Federal Agencies,
Settling State Agencies and Settling Defendants.
p. "Past Response Costs" shall mean all costs, including but not limited to direct
and indirect costs, that EPA or DOJ on behalf of EPA has paid at or in connection with the Site
through June 30, 2010, plus accrued Interest on all such costs through such date.
q. "Plaintiffs" shall mean the United States and the State.
s. "Section' shall mean a portion of this Consent Decree identified by a Roman
numeral.
u. "Settling Defendants" shall mean Union Pacific Railroad Company and the
parties listed in Appendix D and their predecessors, successors -in -interest, parents, subsidiaries,
divisions, affiliates, assigns, directors, officers, and shareholders.
v. "Settling Federal Agencies" shall mean those departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities of the United States identified in Appendix B.
w. "Settling State Agencies" shall mean those departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities of the State identified in Appendix C.
x. "Site" shall mean the Double Eagle Superfund Site, located at 1900 N.E. First
Street, near the intersection of Martin Luther King and Reno Street in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, and generally shown on the map included in Appendix A. The Site shall include any
areas of contamination where contaminants from the Site have migrated or been released,
including, but not limited to the areas described more fully in the Records of Decision for Source
Control (OUI, issued on September 28, 1992) and Ground Water (OU2, issued on April 19,
1994), including the Radio Tower area and Parcel H.
y. "State" shall mean the State of Oklahoma, including its departments, agencies,
and instrumentalities.
z. "State Natural Resource Trustee" shall mean the Oklahoma Secretary of the
Environment, or any duly designated official or agency of the State acting as Natural Resource
Trustee for the State pursuant to Section 1-2-101 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
aa. "State Past Response Costs" shall mean all costs for removal, remediation, or
monitoring incurred by the ODEQ through August 1, 2010, including but not limited to direct
and indirect costs, together with accrued interest, in response to the release or threatened release
of hazardous substances at or in connection with the Site, but not including amounts reimbursed
to the State by EPA.
cc. "Union Pacific" shall mean Union Pacific Railroad Company and its
predecessors, successors -in -interest, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, assigns, directors,
officers, and shareholders.
dd. "United States" shall mean the United States of America, including its
departments, agencies and instrumentalities.
V. PAYMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS
AND NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES
4. Payment of Past and Anticipated Future Response Costs to EPA.
(a) Within 10 days of entry of this Consent Decree, Union Pacific shall, on behalf
of all Settling Defendants, pay to EPA $13,606,241, plus an additional sum for Interest on that
amount calculated from the date this Consent Decree is lodged with the Court, through the date
of payment, for Past Response Costs at the Site.
(b) Within 10 days of entry of this Consent Decree, Union Pacific shall, on behalf
of all Settling Defendants, pay to EPA $160,000, plus an additional sum for Interest on that
amount calculated from the date this Consent Decree is lodged with the Court, through the date
of payment, for Anticipated Future Response Costs at the Site.
5. Payment by Union Pacific on behalf of all Settling Defendants pursuant to Paragraph
4 shall be made by FedWire Electronic Funds Transfer ("EFT") to the U.S. Department of
Justice in accordance with EFT instructions to be provided to the Defendant by the Financial
Litigation Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma, following
lodging of the Consent Decree.
6. At the time of payments pursuant to Paragraph 4, Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all
Settling Defendants, also send notice that payment has been made to EPA and DOJ in
accordance with Section XII (Notices and Submissions). Such notice shall reference the EPA
Region and Site/Spill Identification Number 06131, DOJ case number 90-I1-2-857/1, and the
civil action number.
7. The total amount to be paid by Union Pacific on behalf of all Settling Defendants
pursuant to Paragraph 4 shall be deposited in the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund.
8. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of entry of this Consent Decree, and
consistent with Paragraph 8(a)(iii), the United States, on behalf of Settling Federal Agencies,
shall:
(a)(i). Pay to the EPA $384,844, plus an additional sum for Interest on that
amount calculated from the date this Consent Decree is lodged with the Court, in reimbursement
of Past Response Costs. Of this amount, $137,808 plus Interest on that amount shall be paid on
behalf of the United States Postal Service.
(a)(ii). The total amount to be paid by Settling Federal Agencies pursuant to
Paragraph 8(a)(i) shall be deposited in the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund.
(a)(iii). If the payment to EPA required by this Paragraph 8(a)(i) is not made as
soon as reasonably practicable, the appropriate EPA Regional Branch Chief may raise any issues
relating to payment to the appropriate DOJ Assistant Section Chief for the Environmental
Defense Section. In any event, if this payment is not made within 120 days after the date of
entry of this Consent Decree, EPA and DOJ have agreed to resolve the issue within 30 days in
accordance with a letter agreement dated December 28, 1998.
9. The Parties to this Consent Decree recognize and acknowledge that the payment
obligations of Settling Federal Agencies under this Consent Decree can only be paid from
appropriated funds legally available for such purpose. Nothing in this Consent Decree shall be
interpreted or construed as a commitment or requirement that any Settling Federal Agency
obligate or pay funds in contravention of the Anti -Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1341, or any
other applicable provision of law.
10. Payment of Natural Resource Damages.
(a) Within 10 Days after entry of this Consent Decree, Union Pacific shall pay, on
behalf of all Settling Defendants, as explained in the remainder of this Paragraph, Natural
Resource Damages to the Natural Resource Trustees.
(b)(i) Payment of Joint State and Federal Natural Resource Damage Claims and
DOI Assessment Costs. Union Pacific shall pay, on behalf of all Settling Defendants,
$274,755.79 plus an additional sum for Interest on that amount calculated from the date this
Consent Decree is lodged with the Court through the date of payment, for the joint State and
Federal Natural Resource Damage claims for injury to terrestrial wildlife and habitat and for DOI
assessment costs. Payment of this sum shall be made by Fed Wire Electronic Funds Transfer
("EFT") to the U.S. Department of Justice in accordance with instructions to be provided to
Defendant following lodging of the Consent Decree by the Financial Litigation Unit of the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. Such monies are to be deposited in the
NRDAR Fund, referencing: file number 14X5198 (NRDAR), Agency Code INTE, DOJ # 90-11-
2-857/1, the Defendant's name, and the NRDAR case name (the Double Eagle Superfund Site,
Oklahoma Co., OK). Any payments received after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time shall be credited on
the next business day.
(b)(ii) At the time of payment, Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all Settling
Defendants, send written notice of payment of Joint State and Federal Natural Resource Damage
Claims and DOI Assessment Costs, together with a copy of any transmittal documentation,
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referencing NRDAR account number 14X5198, Agency Code INTE, DOJ # 90-11-2-857/1, the
civil action number, the Defendant's name, and the NRDAR case name (Double Eagle
Superfund Site, Oklahoma Co., OK). The notice shall state that the payment is for Natural
Resource Damages sustained by the United States and the State of Oklahoma with respect to the
Double Eagle Superfund Site in Oklahoma. The notices shall be sent to:
Bruce Gelber, Chief
Environmental Enforcement Section
Environment & Natural Resources Division
United States Department of Justice
P.O. Box 7611 Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044-7611
Department of the Interior
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
Attn: Restoration Fund Manager
1849 C Street, NW
Mailstop 4449
Washington, DC 20204
Martin Steinmetz
Tulsa Field Solicitor Office
United States Department of the Interior
7906 East 33rd Street, Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74104
Jerry J. Brabander
Field Supervisor
Fish & Wildlife Service
Division of Ecological Services
222 South Houston, Suite A
Tulsa, OK 74127
J.D. Strong, Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment
3800 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Richard Hatcher, Executive Director
Mark Howery
William Ray
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
1801 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
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Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Protection Unit
Attention: Clayton Eubanks, Assistant Attorney General313 NW 21 st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(c) Payment of State's Natural Resource Damages for Injury to Groundwater.
Within 10 days after entry of this Consent Decree, Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all Settling
Defendants, pay to the State $163,451.21, plus an additional sum for Interest on that amount
calculated from the date this Consent Decree is lodged with the Court through the date of
payment, for injury to groundwater resources. Payment shall be by certified cashier's check
made payable to the "State of Oklahoma" and delivered to:
Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Protection Unit
Attention: Clayton Eubanks, Assistant Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
and shall clearly state either on the certified check or in any accompanying documentation that
such payment is for the State's Natural Resource Damage claims for groundwater with respect to
the Double Eagle Superfund Site in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. At the time of payment,
Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all Settling Defendants, also send notice of such payment,
including a copy of the certified check and any accompanying documentation, to:
J.D. Strong, Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment
3800 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(d) Payment to the State of Natural Resource Past Assessment Costs. Within 10
days after entry of this Consent Decree, Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all Settling Defendants,
pay to the State $11,793.00, plus an additional sum for Interest on that amount calculated from
the date this Consent Decree is lodged with the Court through the date of payment, for
assessment of damages of the State's natural resources. Payment shall be made by certified
cashier's check payable to the "State of Oklahoma" and delivered to:
Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Protection Unit
Attention: Clayton Eubanks, Assistant Attorney General
313 NE 21 st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
and shall clearly state either on the certified check or in any accompanying documentation that
such payment is for past costs incurred by the State in the assessment of Natural Resource
Damages at the Double Eagle Superfund Site in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. At the time of
payment, Union Pacific shall, on behalf of all Settling Defendants, also send notice of such
payment, including a copy of the certified check and any accompanying documentation, to:
J.D. Strong, Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment
3800 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118.
VI. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CONSENT DECREE
11. Interest on Late Pam. If Union Pacific fails to make any payment under
Paragraphs 4 or 10 (Payment of Past Response Costs and Natural Resource Damages) by the
required due date, Interest shall continue to accrue on the unpaid balance through the date of
payment.
12. Stipulated Penalty.
(a)(i) If any amounts due under Paragraphs 4 or 10 are not paid by the required
date, Union Pacific shall be in violation of this Consent Decree and shall pay to the agency due
to receive the funds, as a stipulated penalty, in addition to the Interest required by Paragraph 11,
$10,000 per violation per day that such payment is late.
(a)(ii) If Union Pacific does not comply with its obligations under Paragraph 25 to
withdraw its complaint in intervention or refrain from opposing the entry of the lodged Consent
Decree in United States of America, et al. v. Albert Investment Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -637-
C (W.D. Ok.), as amended to include the limited reopener provision set forth in Paragraph 22
herein, Union Pacific shall be in violation of this Consent Decree and shall pay to EPA and the
State, as a stipulated penalty, $10,000 per violation per day of such noncompliance.
(b) Stipulated penalties for failure to make payment under Paragraph 4, or for
failing to comply with the obligations set forth in Paragraph 25, are due and payable within 30
days of the date of the demand for payment of the penalties by EPA. All payments to EPA under
this Paragraph shall be identified as "stipulated penalties" and shall be made by certified or
cashier's check made payable to "EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund." The check, or a letter
accompanying the check, shall reference the name and address of the party making payment, the
Site name, the EPA Region and Site Spill ID Number 06131, DOJ Case Number DJ # 90-11-2-
857/1, and the civil action number. Union Pacific shall send the check (and any accompanying
documentation) to:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Payments
Cincinnati Finance Center
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P.O. Box 979076
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000
(c) At the time of each payment under Paragraph 12(b), Union Pacific, on behalf of
all Settling Defendants, shall also send notice that payment has been made to EPA and DOJ in
accordance with Section XII (Notices and Submissions). Such notice shall reference the EPA
Region and Site/Spill ID Number 06B1, DOJ Case Number DJ # 90-11-2-857/1, and the civil
action number.
(d) Stipulated penalties due to the State under Paragraph 12(b) are due and payable
within 30 days of the date of the demand for payment of the penalties by the State. All payments
to the State under this Paragraph shall be identified as "stipulated penalties" and shall be made by
certified funds check or public agency warrant made payable to the "State of Oklahoma." The
check, or a letter accompanying the check, shall reference the name and address of the party
making payment, the Site name, and the civil action number. The check (and any accompanying
letter) shall be sent to:
Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
Attention: Clayton Eubanks, Assistant Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street, Room 2082
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(e) At the time of payment of a stipulated penalty under Paragraph 12(d), the party
making the payment shall also send notice that payment has been made to ODEQ in accordance
with Section XII (Notices and Submissions). Such notice shall reference the civil action number
and Site name.
(f) Stipulated penalties for failure to make payment under Paragraph 10 are due
and payable within 30 days of the date of the demand for payment of the penalties by the Natural
Resource Trustees. All payments to the Natural Resource Trustees under this Paragraph shall be
identified as "stipulated penalties" and shall be made by certified funds check following the
instructions found in the demand letter by the respective Natural Resource Trustee. The check, or
a letter accompanying the check, shall reference the name and address of the party making
payment, the Site Name, the DOJ case number DJ # 90-11-2-857/1, and the civil action number.
The party making the payment shall send the check (and any accompanying letter) to the Natural
Resource Trustee to whom stipulated penalties are owed.
(g) Penalties shall accrue as provided in this Paragraph regardless of whether the
United States or the State has notified Union Pacific of the violation or made a demand for
payment, but need only be paid upon demand. All penalties shall begin to accrue on the day after
payment or performance is due or the day a violation occurs and shall continue to accrue through
the date of payment or the final day of correction of the noncompliance or completion of the
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activity. Nothing herein shall prevent the simultaneous accrual of separate penalties for separate
violations of this Consent Decree.
13. If the United States or the State brings an action to enforce this Consent Decree, Union
Pacific shall reimburse the United States and the State for all costs of such action, including but
not limited to costs of attorney time, unless the suit to enforce the Consent Decree is based on
objection or intervention of a Settling Defendant other than Union Pacific to either this Consent
Decree or the Consent Decree in United States of America, et al. v. Albert Investment Co., et al.,
Case No. 08 -CV -637-C (W.D. Ok.), amended to include the limited reopener provision set forth in
Paragraph 22 herein. In that event, the Settling Defendant that intervened or made the objection
shall reimburse the United States and the State for all costs of such action including but not limited
to costs of attorney time.
14. Payments made under this Section shall be in addition to any other remedies or
sanctions available to Plaintiffs by virtue of Settling Defendants' failure to comply with the
requirements of this Consent Decree.
15. The obligation to pay the United States and the State the amounts owed under
Paragraphs 4 and 10, combined with the interest accrued under Paragraph 11 and penalties
incurred under Paragraph 12(a)(i) shall be the responsibility of Union Pacific to pay on behalf of
all Settling Defendants.
16. The obligation to pay stipulated penalties under Paragraph 12(a)(ii) shall be borne
solely by Union Pacific.
17. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the United States and/or the State
may, in its unreviewable discretion, waive payment of any portion of the stipulated penalties that
have accrued pursuant to this Consent Decree. Payment of stipulated penalties shall not excuse
Union Pacific from payment as required by Section V or from performance of any other
requirements of this Consent Decree.
VII. COVENANTS BY PLAINTIFFS
18. Covenant Not to Sue Settling Defendants and Settling State Agencies by United States.
Except as specifically provided in Section VIII (Reservation of Rights by United States), the
United States covenants not to sue or to take administrative action against Settling Defendants or
Settling State Agencies pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9606 and
9607(a), relating to the Site. With respect to present and future liability, this covenant not to sue
shall take effect upon receipt by EPA and the Federal Natural Resource Trustee of all payments
required by Section V, Paragraphs 4 (Payment of Past Response Costs) and 10 (Payment of
Natural Resource Damages) and any amount due to the United States under Section VI (Failure to
Comply with Consent Decree). This covenant not to sue is conditioned upon the satisfactory
performance by Settling Defendants and Settling State Agencies of their respective obligations
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under this Consent Decree. This covenant not to sue extends only to Settling Defendants and
Settling State Agencies and does not extend to any other person.
19. Covenant for Settling Federal Agencies by EPA. Except as specifically provided in
Section VIII (Reservation of Rights by United States), EPA covenants not to take administrative
action against Settling Federal Agencies pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. §§ 9606 and 9607(a), relating to the Site. This covenant shall take effect upon receipt by
EPA of all payments required by Paragraph 8 of Section V. This covenant is conditioned upon the
satisfactory performance by Settling Federal Agencies of their obligations under this Consent
Decree. This covenant extends only to Settling Federal Agencies and does not extend to any other
person.
20. Covenant for Settling Federal Agencies by Federal Natural Resource Trustee. Except
as specifically provided in Section VIII (Reservation of Rights by United States), the Federal
Natural Resource Trustee covenants not to take administrative action against Settling Federal
Agencies pursuant to Sectionl07(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a), to recover Natural
Resource Damages with regard to the Site. This covenant is conditioned and takes effect upon the
satisfactory performance by Settling Federal Agencies of their obligations under this Consent
Decree. This covenant extends only to Settling Federal Agencies and does not extend to any other
person.
21. Covenant Not to Sue by State of Oklahoma. Except as specifically provided in Section
VIII (Reservation of Rights by State of Oklahoma), the State covenants not to sue or to take
administrative action against Settling Defendants or Settling Federal Agencies pursuant to Title
27A O.S. §§ 1-2-101, 1-3-101, and 2-3-101, Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§
9606 and 9607(a), relating to the Site. This covenant not to sue is conditioned upon the
satisfactory performance by Settling Defendants and Settling Federal Agencies of their respective
obligations under this Consent Decree. This covenant not to sue extends only to Settling
Defendants and Settling Federal Agencies and does not extend to any other person.
VIII. RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS BY UNITED STATES AND STATE OF
OKLAHOMA
22. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Consent Decree, the United States and
the State reserve, and this Consent Decree is without prejudice to, the right to institute proceedings
in this action or in a new action, or to issue an administrative order against Settling Defendants to
perform further response actions relating to the Site and/or to pay the United States and the State
for additional costs of response if, (a) subsequent to the date of entry of this Consent Decree, (i)
conditions at the Site, previously unknown to EPA, are discovered, or (ii) information, previously
unknown to EPA, is received in whole or in part, and (b) EPA determines that these previously
unknown conditions or this information together with other relevant information indicates that the
remedial action completed by EPA is not protective of human health or the environment.
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(b) For purposes of Paragraph 22(a), the information and conditions known to EPA will
include only that information and those conditions known to EPA as of the date of entry of this
Consent Decree as set forth in the Source Control Operable Unit Record of Decision issued
September 1992 and associated Administrative Record (SDMS 1008264 includes Index for
Administrative Record), the Groundwater Operable Unit Record of Decision issued April 1994 and
associated Administrative Record (SDMS 1008288 includes Index for Administrative Record), the
Explanation of Significant Differences issued January 19, 2006 (SDMS 196649) and associated
Administrative Record (SDMS 214463), a second Explanation of Significant Differences dated
May 19, 2008 (SDMS 9046351) and associated Administrative Record (SDMS 9046376), the Five
Year Review Reports issued June 2002 and May 2007, and the Deletion Docket for the Site
referenced in the Federal Register supporting EPA Deletion of the Double Eagle Refinery Co.
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List, 73 FR 49353 (Aug. 21, 2008).
23. The United States and the State of Oklahoma reserve, and this Consent Decree is
without prejudice to, all rights against Settling Defendants, Settling Federal Agencies, and Settling
State Agencies with respect to all matters not expressly included within, respectively, the Covenant
Not to Sue Settling Defendants and Settling State Agencies by United States in Paragraph 18, the
Covenant for Settling Federal Agencies by EPA in Paragraph 19, the Covenant for Settling Federal
Agencies by the Federal Natural Resource Trustee in Paragraph 20, and the Covenant Not to Sue
by State of Oklahoma in Paragraph 21. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Consent
Decree, the United States and the State reserve, and this Consent Decree is without prejudice to, all
rights against Settling Defendants, Settling Federal Agencies, and Settling State Agencies, with
respect to:
(a) liability for failure of Settling Defendants, Settling Federal Agencies, or
Settling State Agencies to meet a requirement of this Consent Decree;
(b) liability based on the ownership or operation of the Site by Settling
Defendants or Settling Federal Agencies when such ownership or operation commences after
signature of this Consent Decree;
(c) liability based on Settling Defendants' or Settling Federal Agencies'
transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal, or the arrangement for the transportation, treatment,
storage, or disposal of hazardous substances (as defined by Section 101(14) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9601(14)) or any pollutant or contaminant (as defined by Section 101(33) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9601(33)), at or in connection with the Site, but only to the extent that the same arises out
of an act of transportation, treatment, storage or disposal that occurs after signature of this Consent
Decree;
(d) criminal liability; and
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(e) liability arising from the past, present, or future disposal, release, or threat of
release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant outside of the Site.
IX. COVENANT NOT TO SUE BY SETTLING DEFENDANTS
24. Settling Defendants covenant not to sue and agree not to assert or prosecute any claims
or causes of action against the United States or the State, or their contractors or employees, with
respect to Site, including but not limited to:
(a) any direct or indirect claim for reimbursement from the Hazardous Substance
Superfund based on Sections 106(b)(2), 107, 111, 112, or 113 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§
9606(b)(2), 9607, 9611, 9612, or 9613, or any other provision of law;
(b) any claim arising out of the response actions at the Site, including any claim
under the United States Constitution, the Constitution or laws of the State of Oklahoma, the Tucker
Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491, the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, as amended, or at
common law;
(c) any claim against the United States pursuant to Sections 107 and 113 of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607 and 9613, relating to the Site;
(d) any counterclaim, cross-claim, or third -party claim against the United States or
the State in any action filed or to be filed relating to the Site.
25. Settling Defendants shall move to withdraw any opposition already raised, and refrain
from making any new objections to the consent decree that will be lodged in United States of
America, et al. v. Albert Investment Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -637-C (W.D. Ok.), provided that it
is amended to include the limited reopener provision set forth in Paragraph 22 herein. Settling
Defendants shall move to withdraw their objections within ten days of the lodging of this Consent
Decree or the filing of the consent decree in United States of America, et al. v. Albert Investment
Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -637-C (W.D. Ok.) that is amended to include the limited reopener
provision set forth in Paragraph 22 herein, whichever occurs last. Settling Defendants shall further
refrain from making any objections to this Consent Decree or making any objections to or filing
any interventions in any amended consent decree that is lodged in United States ofAmerica, et al.
v. Albert Investment Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -637-C (W.D. Ok.), provided that it contains the
limited reopener provision as set forth in Paragraph 22 herein.
26. (a) Settling Defendants agree not to assert any claims and to waive all claims or
causes of action (including, but not limited to, claims or causes of action under Sections 107(a) and
113 of CERCLA) that they may have for all matters relating to the Site against any person that has
entered into a final settlement with the United States or the State with respect to the Site as of the
date of entry of the Consent Decree. This covenant and waiver shall not apply with respect to any
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defense, claim, or cause of action that a Settling Defendant may have against any person if such
person asserts a claim or cause of action relating to the Site against such Settling Defendant.
(b) This covenant and waiver shall apply in all circumstances, except as follows: in
the event the United States or the State brings a cause of action or issues an order pursuant to the
reservations set forth in Paragraph 22, Settling Defendants may bring an action against the
defendants in United States of America, et al. v. Albert Investment Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -
637 -C (W.D. Ok.), but only to the extent that Settling Defendants' claims arise from the same
response action or response costs that the United States or the State is seeking pursuant to the
applicable reservation.
27. Nothing in this Consent Decree shall be deemed to constitute approval or
preauthorization of a claim within the meaning of Section 111 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9611, or
40 C.F.R. 300.700(d).
X. EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT/CONTRIBUTION PROTECTION
28. Except as provided in Paragraph 25 (Dismissal of Claims) and Paragraph 26 (Waiver of
Claims), nothing in this Consent Decree shall be construed to create any rights in, or grant any
cause of action to, any person not a Party to this Consent Decree. Except as provided in Paragraph
26 (Waiver of Claims), the Parties expressly reserve any and all rights (including, but not limited
to, any right to contribution), defenses, claims, demands, and causes of action that they may have
with respect to any matter, transaction, or occurrence relating in any way to the Site against any
person not a Party hereto. Nothing in this Consent Decree diminishes the right of the United
States, pursuant to Section 113(f)(2) and (3) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9613(f)(2)-(3), to pursue
persons that are not Parties to this Consent Decree to obtain additional response costs or response
action and to enter into settlements that give rise to contribution protection pursuant to Section
113(f)(2).
29. The Parties agree, and by entering this Consent Decree this Court finds, that this
settlement constitutes a judicially -approved settlement for purposes of Section 113(f)(2) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9613(f)(2), and that Settling Defendants, Settling Federal Agencies, and
Settling State Agencies are entitled, as of the date of entry of this Consent Decree, to protection
from contribution actions or claims as provided by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §
9613(f)(2), or as may be otherwise provided by law, for "matters addressed" in this Consent
Decree. "The "matters addressed" in this Consent Decree are all response actions taken or to be
taken and all response costs incurred or to be incurred, at or in connection with the Site, by the
United States or any other person; provided, however, that if the United States or the State
exercises rights against Settling Defendants (or if EPA or the federal natural resource trustee or the
State assert rights against Settling Federal Agencies) under the reservations in Section VII
(Reservations of Rights by United States and the State of Oklahoma), other than in Paragraphs
23(a) (claims for failure to meet a requirement of the Decree), or 23(d) (criminal liability), the
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"matters addressed" in this Consent Decree will no longer include those response costs or response
actions or natural resource damages that are within the scope of the exercised reservation.
30. Each Settling Defendant shall, with respect to any suit or claim brought by it for
matters related to this Consent Decree, notify EPA, DOJ, and the State in writing no later than 60
days prior to the initiation of such suit or claim. Each Settling Defendant also agrees that, with
respect to any suit or claim brought against it for matters related to this Consent Decree, it will
notify EPA, DOJ and the State in writing within 10 days of service of the complaint or claim upon
it. In addition, Defendant shall notify EPA, DOJ and the State within 10 days of service or receipt
of any Motion for Summary Judgment, and within 10 days of receipt of any order from a court
setting a case for trial, for matters related to this Consent Decree.
31. In any subsequent administrative or judicial proceeding initiated by the United States
or the State for injunctive relief, recovery of response costs or natural resource damages, or other
relief relating to the Site, Settling Defendants shall not assert, and may not maintain, any defense
or claim based upon the principles of waiver, res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion,
claim -splitting, or other defenses based upon any contention that the claims raised by the United
States or the State in the subsequent proceeding were or should have been brought in the instant
case; provided, however, that nothing in this Paragraph affects the enforceability of the Covenants
by Plaintiffs set forth in Section VII.
XI. RETENTION OF RECORDS
32. Until ten years after the entry of this Consent Decree, each Settling Defendant shall
preserve and retain all records, reports or information (hereinafter referred to as "records") now in
its possession or control, or which come into its possession or control, that relate in any manner to
response actions taken at the Site or the liability of any person under CERCLA with respect to the
Site, regardless of any corporate retention policy to the contrary.
33. After the conclusion of the ten-year document retention period in the preceding
paragraph, each Settling Defendant shall notify EPA, DOJ, and the State at least 90 days prior to
the destruction of any such records, and, upon request by EPA, DOJ, or the State, such Settling
Defendant shall deliver any such records to EPA or the State. Settling Defendants may assert that
certain records are privileged under the attorney-client privilege or any other privilege recognized
by federal law. If Settling Defendants assert such a privilege, they shall provide Plaintiffs with the
following: 1) the title of the record; 2) the date of the record; 3) the name, title, affiliation (e.g.,
company or firm), and address of the author of the record; 4) the name and title of each addressee
and recipient; 5) a description of the subject of the record; and 6) the privilege asserted. If a claim
of privilege applies only to a portion of a record, the record shall be provided to Plaintiffs in
redacted form to mask the privileged information only. Settling Defendants shall retain all records
that they claim to be privileged until the United States and the State have had a reasonable
opportunity to dispute the privilege claim and any such dispute has been resolved in Settling
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Defendants' favor. However, no records created or generated pursuant to the requirements of this
or any other settlement with the EPA or the State pertaining to the Site shall be withheld on the
grounds that they are privileged.
34. Each Settling Defendant hereby certifies individually that, to the best of its knowledge
and belief, after thorough inquiry, it has not altered, mutilated, discarded, destroyed or otherwise
disposed of any records, reports, or information relating to its potential liability regarding the Site
since notification of potential liability by the United States or the State or the filing of suit against
it regarding the Site and that it has fully complied with any and all EPA requests for information
pursuant to Sections 104(e) and 122(e) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9604(e) and 9622(e), and
Section 3007 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. § 6972.
35. The United States acknowledges that each Settling Federal Agency 1) is subject to all
applicable Federal record retention laws, regulations, and policies; and 2) has fully complied with
any and all EPA and State requests for information pursuant to Sections 104(e) and 122(e) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9604(e) and 9622(e), and Section 3007 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. § 6927.
XII. NOTICES AND SUBMISSIONS
36. Whenever, under the terms of this Consent Decree, notice is required to be given or a
document is required to be sent by one party to another, it shall be directed to the individuals at the
addresses specified below, unless those individuals or their successors give notice of a change to
the other Parties in writing. Written notice as specified herein shall constitute complete
satisfaction of any written notice requirement of the Consent Decree with respect to the United
States, EPA, DOI, DOJ, the Settling Federal Agencies, the State, the Settling State Agencies, and
the Settling Defendants, respectively.
As to the United States:
As to DOJ:
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice (DJ # 90-11-2-857/1)
P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
Chief, Environmental Defense Section
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice (DJ # 90-11-2-857/1)
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P.O. Box 23986
Washington, D.C. 20026-3986
As to EPA:
Team Leader, Enforcement Assessment Team
Superfund Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
As to the Federal Natural Resource Trustees:
Regional Director, Region 2
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Attn: Karen Cathey
500 Gold Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Martin Steinmetz
Tulsa Field Solicitor Office
United States Department of the Interior
7906 East 33rd Street, Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74104
As to Settling Federal Agencies:
As to the State:
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality:
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Steven A. Thompson, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1677
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
Environmental Protection Unit
Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
State of Oklahoma Natural Resource Trustee:
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J.D. Strong, Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment
3800 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Environmental Protection Unit
Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation:
Richard Hatcher, Executive Director
William Ray
Mark Howery
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
1801 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Environmental Protection Unit Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Settling State Agencies:
Environmental Protection Unit Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
As to Settling Defendants:
Rami S. Hanash, Esq.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Law Department - MS 1580
1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68179
XIII. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
37. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter for the purpose of interpreting and
enforcing the terms of this Consent Decree.
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XIV. INTEGRATION/APPENDICES
38. This Consent Decree and its appendices constitute the final, complete and exclusive
agreement and understanding among the Defendants with respect to the settlement embodied in
this Consent Decree. The Parties acknowledge that there are no representations, agreements or
understandings relating to the settlement other than those expressly contained in this Consent
Decree. The following appendices are attached to and incorporated into this Consent Decree:
"Appendix A" is the map of the Site; "Appendix B" is the complete list of Settling Federal
Agencies; "Appendix C" is the complete list of Settling State Agencies, and Appendix D is the
list of Settling Defendants.
XV. LODGING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
39. This Consent Decree shall be lodged with the Court for a period of not less than 30
days for public notice and comment. The United States reserves the right to withdraw or withhold
its consent if the comments regarding the Consent Decree disclose facts or considerations which
indicate that this Consent Decree is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Settling Defendants
consent to the entry of this Consent Decree without further notice.
40. If for any reason this Court should decline to approve this Consent Decree in the form
presented, or if the Court declines to enter the consent decree that is lodged in United States of
America, et al. v. Albert Investment Co., et al., Case No. 08 -CV -637-C (W.D. Ok.), amended to
include the limited reopener provision set forth in Paragraph 22 herein, this agreement is voidable
at the sole discretion of any party and the terms of the agreement may not be used as evidence in
any litigation between the Parties.
XVI. SIGNATORIES/SERVICE
41. Each undersigned representative of Defendant to this Consent Decree, the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States
Department of Justice, and the State of Oklahoma on behalf of the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality and the Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment certifies that he or she is
authorized to enter into the terms and conditions of this Consent Decree and to execute and bind
legally such Party to this document.
42. Each Settling Defendant hereby agrees not to oppose entry of this Consent Decree by
this Court or to challenge any provision of this Consent Decree, unless the United States has
notified Settling Defendants in writing that it no longer supports entry of the Consent Decree.
43. Each Settling Defendant shall identify, on the attached signature page, the name and
address of an agent who is authorized to accept service of process by mail on behalf of that Party
with respect to all matters arising under or relating to this Consent Decree. Settling Defendants
hereby agree to accept service in that manner and to waive the formal service requirements set
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forth in Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and any applicable local rules of this Court,
including but not limited to, service of a summons.
XVII. FINAL JUDGMENT
44. Upon approval and entry of this Consent Decree by the Court, this Consent Decree
shall constitute the final judgment between and among the United States, the State, and Settling
Defendants. The Court finds that there is no just reason for delay and therefore enters this
judgment as a final judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 and 58.
SO ORDERED THIS DAY OF . 2010.
United States District Judge
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Consent Decree in the matter of United States and
the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C,
relating to the Double Eagle Superfund Site.
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Date:
Date:
IGNACIA S. MORENO
Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530
CARA M. MROCZEK
Attorney
Environmental Enforcement Section
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 7611
Washington, DC 20044-7611
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FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Date:
H. LEE SCHMIDT
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Western District of Oklahoma
210 Park Avenue, Suite 400
Oklahoma City, OK 72102
405.553.8745
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Consent Decree in the matter of United States and
the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C,
relating to the Double Eagle Superfund Site.
FOR THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY:
Date:
Date:
SAMUEL COLEMAN, P.E.
Director, Superfund Division
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
PAMELA J. TRAVIS
Assistant Regional Counsel
Office of Regional Counsel
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Consent Decree in the matter of United States and
the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C,
relating to the Double Eagle Superfund Site.
FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA on behalf of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental
Quality and the Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment:
Date:
Date:
Date:
CLAYTON EUBANKS
Assistant Attorney General
Oklahoma Office of Attorney General
Environmental Protection Unit
313 N.E. 21s' St., Room 2081
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Office: (405) 522-3921
J.D. STRONG
Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment
3800 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
STEVEN A. THOMPSON
Executive Director
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 1677
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-1677
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Consent Decree in the matter of United States and
the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C,
relating to the Double Eagle Superfund Site.
FOR DEFENDANT Union Pacific Railroad Company
Date:
J. Michael Hemmer
Sr. Vice President -Law & General Counsel
Union Pacific Corporation/Union Pacific R.R.
1400 Douglas Street, 19th Floor
Omaha, Nebraska 68179
(402) 544-6677 (p)
(402) 501-2133 (f)
Agent Authorized to Accept Service on Behalf of Above -signed Party:
Name:
Title:
Address:
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Resolution No. 2010-RO367
THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Consent Decree in the matter of United States
and the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al, Civil Action No. 06-887C,
relating to the Double Eagle Superfund Site.
FOR DEFENDANT CITY OF LUBBOCK
Date: August 12, 2010
TOM MARTIN, MAYOR
CITYOF LUBBOCK, TEXAS
Agent Authorized to Accept Service on Behalf of Above -signed Party:
Name: Rebecca Garza
Title: City Secretary
Address: P O Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
Documents
Resolution No. 2010—RO367
WAIVER OF CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Waiver of Confidentiality Provision of Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is made and
entered into by and between Union Pacific Railroad Company ("Union Pacific") and Tom Martin, Mayor
of City of Lubbock ("Settling Defendant"). The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a limited waiver
to the confidentiality provision of the Settlement Agreement previously entered into between Union
Pacific and Settling Defendant, as more particularly described herein.
Union Pacific and Settling Defendant previously entered into a Small Party Settlement
Agreement, Effective Date July 22, 2009 ("Settlement Agreement"), for the purpose of settling Union
Pacific's claims against Settling Defendant under CERCLA relating to the Double Eagle Refinery
Superfund Site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Agreement contained a confidentiality clause
requiring Union Pacific and Settling Defendant to maintain the terms of the Agreement as confidential,
subject to certain exceptions.
To the extent the terms of the Settlement Agreement require that its terms and conditions be kept
confidential, Settling Defendant hereby waives any such requirement for the limited purposes of releasing
only the name of Settling Defendant for inclusion in a consent decree to be entered in the Double Eagle
Litigation, defined as the United States ofAmerica and the State of Oklahoma v. Union Pacific Railroad,
C.A. No. 5:06 -CV -00887-C, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
("Consent Decree"). Thus, by its execution of this Agreement, Settling Defendant hereby grants Union
Pacific the express right and authority to include the name of Settling Defendant as a Settling Defendant
in the Consent Decree.
Settling Defendant understands that inclusion in the Consent Decree will result in Settling
Defendant's name being released in publicly -available documents in the Double Eagle Litigation. Further
Settling Defendant acknowledges and agrees that Settling Defendant's name will be published as part of
the Consent Decree in the Federal Register, a publicly -available publication.
Settling Defendant also agrees that inclusion in the Consent Decree that will be entered in the
Double Eagle Litigation will require suit to be filed by the United States Department of Justice so that the
Western District of Oklahoma will have jurisdiction to enter the Consent Decree that includes Settling
Defendant as a party. Settling Defendant hereby consents to this suit, and agrees that Settling Defendant
shall bear all attorneys' fees and costs arising from the actions of its own counsel or consultants in
connection with this Agreement and all matters or documents referred to herein.
All other provisions of the Settlement Agreement between Union Pacific and Settling Defendant
with respect to the Double Eagle Refinery Superfund Site remain in full force and effect, and are not
intended to be changed or altered in this Agreement except as otherwise provided herein.
This Agreement complies with Section 6.4 of the Settlement Agreement, which states that "The
provisions of this Agreement may not be changed, discharged, terminated, altered or waived orally, but
only by an instrument in writing signed by the Parties hereto."
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
By:
Print Name:
Title:
Date:
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared , who
known to me to be the person whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument, who acknowledged to
me that he/she executed this instrument for the purposes and consideration expressed therein.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, this day of 2010.
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE
STATE OF TEXAS
NOTARY'S PRINTED NAME
SETTLING DEFENDANT CITY OF LUBBOCK
By: ?�
Print Namd. Tom Martin
Title: Mayor, City of Lubbock
Date: August 12, 2010
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared TOM MARTIN, MAYOR
OF THE CITYOF LUBBOCK, who known to me to be the person whose name is signed to the foregoing
instrument, who acknowledged to me that he/she executed this instrument for the purposes and
consideration expressed therein. A L
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