[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1405-1406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-601]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7,
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States
of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al., Defendants/
Counterclaimants v.
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United States of America, Counterdefendant, Civil Action No. 92-4032,
was lodged on December 15, 1995, with the United States District Court
for the District of South Dakota, Southern Division. The proposed
consent decree requires Tri-State Mint, Inc., Tri-State Professional
Recovery, Inc., Von Hoff International, Inc., and Robert Hoff, the
former owners/operators of the Tri-State Mint C Avenue site located in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (``Site''), to pay the United States
$820,000.00 (plus specified interest accrued from August 17, 1995,
through the date of payment) in reimbursement of the United States'
past response costs incurred in connection with the release or
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. General
Properties Corporation, one of the original defendants in this civil
action, was dismissed from this lawsuit on or about November 23, 1993,
and is not a party to this Consent Decree.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al.,
Defendants/Counterclaimants v. United States of America,
Counterdefendant, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-696.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of South Dakota, 230 S. Phillips Ave.
#600 57102; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 999 18th Street--Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
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 NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy of
the proposed decree and attachment, please refer to the referenced case
and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-601 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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