[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27266]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that two proposed Partial Consent Decrees in
United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas et al., Civil Action No. 93-4098-JLF
(S.D. Ill.) entered into by the United States and a number of
defendants and third-party defendants, were lodged on October 10, 1996,
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Illinois. The proposed Partial Consent Decrees resolve certain claims
of the United States under Section 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the M.T. Richards, Inc. Site (``Site'') in
Crossville, Illinois.
Under the terms of the first Partial Consent Decree (``Group
Decree''), a group which includes defendants ANR Pipeline Company,
Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company, and a
number of third-party defendants (collectively, the Settling
Defendants''), as well as the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force (on
behalf of the Kentucky Air National Guard) (collectively, the
``Settling Federal Agencies'') shall pay the United States a total of
$680,740, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in
return for the United States' covenant not to sue for past response
costs incurred at the Site.
The second Partial Consent Decree with defendant Kentucky Petroleum
Recycling, Inc. (``KPR Decree'') requires KPR to pay the United States
$25,000, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in
return for the United States' covenant not to sue KPR for past response
costs incurred at the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Partial Consent Decrees for 30 days following publication of
this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1112. Both proposed Partial Consent
Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for
the Southern District of Illinois, IL-S USA, Suite 300, 9 Executive
Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; the Region V Office of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone no.
(202) 624-0892. A copy of either, or both, proposed Partial Consent
Decrees 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, please specify which Partial Consent Decree is
desired, and enclose a check (25 cents per page for reproduction costs)
in the amount of $22.00 for the Group Decree, and/or a check in the
amount of $6.25 for the KPR Decree, payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27266 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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