[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26817-26818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12717]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Northwest Pipe & Casing
Co. v. United States Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in Northwest Pipe &
Casing Co. v. United States, Adv. Pro No. 95-3509 (Bankr. D. Ore.),
entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA, the State of
Oregon on behalf of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and
Northwest Pipe Company (``NWP'') was lodged on April 29, 1997 with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon. The proposed
Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States against NWP
relating to the Northwest Pipe & Casing Site in Clackamas County,
Oregon. Under the Decree, NWP will, inter alia, pay the United States
$1,000,000 plus interest as well as interest payments from $2.3 million
deposited into an escrow account.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following
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the publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to Northwest Pipe & Casing Co. v. United States, D.J. Ref. No.
90-11-3-1557. Commenters may request an opportunity for public meeting
in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42
U.S.C. 6973(d).
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 888 S.W. 5th Ave.,
Suite 1000, Portland, OR 97204-2024; the Region 10 Office of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA
98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of the proposed
Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.
In requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a
check in the amount of $24.75 (25 cents per page for reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12717 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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