[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29704]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, the
Department of Justice gives notice that two proposed consent decrees in
United States v. Midwest Metallics, L.P., et al., Civil Action No.
2:98CV203JM (N.D. Ind.), were lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, on
October 21, 1998, pertaining to the H&H Enterprises Superfund Site (the
``Site''), located in Gary, Lake County, Indiana. The proposed consent
decrees would resolve certain civil claims of the United States under
Sections 106(b) and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
Secs. 9606(b) and 9707, against three defendants named in the action.
The first proposed consent decree, captioned ``Partial Consent
Decree with Settling Defendant Midwest Metallics, L.P.,'' would require
that settling defendant Midwest Metallics, L.P. (1) continue and
complete an ongoing CERCLA removal action involving the treatment and
off-Site disposal of accumulated waste material at the Site, and
reimburse the United States' future response costs relating to the
Site, including future oversight costs, (2) pay $335,000 as
reimbursement of past response costs incurred by the United States, and
(3) pay an additional $255,000 in penalties for alleged violations of
two prior Administrative Orders on Consent relating to the Site. The
second proposed consent decree, captioned ``Partial Consent Decree with
Settling Defendants Cozzi Iron & Metal, Inc. and General Iron
Industries, Inc.,'' would require that (1) Cozzi Iron & Metal, Inc. and
General Iron Industries, Inc. pay the United States $744,000, and (2)
Cozzi Iron & Metal, Inc. pay the United States an additional $12,000 in
penalties for alleged violations of a prior Administrative Order on
Consent relating to the Site.
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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United
States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer
to United States v. Midwest Metallics, L.P., et al., Civil Action No.
2:98CV203JM (N.D. Ind.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1092A, and the
proposed consent decree(s) which the comments address.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at: (1) the Office of
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1001
Main Street, Suite A, Dyer, Indiana 46311-1234 (contact Carol Davilo
(219-322-8576)); (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590
(contact Thomas Krueger (312-886-0562)); and (3) the U.S. Department of
Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-
0892). Copies of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained in person
or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting copies, please refer to
the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number, the proposed consent
decree(s) requested, and enclose a check for the amount(s) described
below, made payable to the Consent Decree Library. The cost for a copy
of the ``Partial Consent Decree with Settling Defendant Midwest
Metallics, L.P.'' only is $15.00 (60 pages at 25 cents per page
reproduction costs), or $39.25 for that consent decree and all
appendices (157 pages). The cost for a copy of the ``Partial Consent
Decree with Settling Defendants Cozzi Iron & Metal, Inc. and General
Iron Industries, Inc.'' only is $6.50 (26 pages at 25 cents per page
reproduction costs), or $28.50 for that consent decree and all
appendices (114 pages).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-29704 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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