[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65222-65223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31432]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq.; Excel Corp.
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on November 16, 1998
a proposed partial consent decree (``consent decree'') in United States
v. Excel Corp., Civil Action No. 3:93CV119RM, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
[[Page 65223]]
In this action the United States sought civil penalties and
unrecovered response costs in connection with the Main Street Well
Field Site in Elkhart, Indiana (``Site''). The proposed consent decree
provides for the payment by defendants Joseph S. Beale and JSB
Corporation d/b/a Adlake Enterprises, Inc. (collectively ``JSB'') of
$350,000 of the United States unrecovered response costs at the Site.
The proposed consent decree also resolve the United States claims
against JSB for its alleged failure to perform response activities at
the Site pursuant to an administrative order issued by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Excel Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-799.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 301 Federal Building, 204 South Main Street,
South Bend, Indiana; at the Region 5 Office of EPA, 77 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 3rd 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., 3rd Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31432 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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