[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2662]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on January 23, 1996, a proposed consent
decree was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Colorado in United States v. Interstate Distribution Center
Associates, Ltd., et al., CA No. 96-M-136. The proposed consent decree
settles claims asserted by the United States, at the request of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United
States Department of the Army, and by the State of Colorado for
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the
Chemical Sales Superfund Site near Denver, Colorado. The persons and
entities named as defendants are Interstate Distribution Center
Associates, Ltd., Crow Watson #9, Ltd., J. McDonald Williams, Trammell
Crow Foundation, Ltd., TCF, Inc., Crow Family 1991 Limited Partnership,
Mill Spring Holdings, Inc., Robert Watson, Norman Bledsoe, Gary D.
Shafer, and Joel C. Peterson.
In the complaint, the United States and State asserted claims
pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9607(a), for recovery of costs that have been and will be incurred
in response to releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances
at the Chemical Sales Superfund Site near Denver, Colorado. The consent
decree includes a covenant not to sue, subject to certain reservations,
under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and
9607(a), and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et
seq., as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1980
and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, for performance
of the remedial actions and for recovery of past and future Response
Costs incurred by the United States in connection with the Chemical
Sales Facility. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Defendants have
made the following commitments: (1) Pay a total of $1.5 million in
three payments of $500,000, $750,000, and $250,000, commencing ten days
after the decree is entered and continuing annually for two years; and
(2) pay 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the IDCA property.
The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and
should refer to United States v. Interstate Distribution Center
Associates, Ltd., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-748B. Commenters may
request a public meeting in the affected area in accordance with
Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d).
The proposed Consent Decree and exhibits may be examined at the
following locations: The Region 8 Office of EPA, 999 18th Street, Suite
500, Denver, Colorado. The complete Administrative Record for the
Chemical Sales Superfund Site may be reviewed at the same location.
A copy of the Consent Decree and exhibits (if requested) may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. In
requesting copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.00 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent Decree
Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2662 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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