96-3397. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3397]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

    Notice is hereby given that on February 1, 1996, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Estate of Richard R. Christopherson, Civil 
Action No. C96-0166C (W.D. Washington), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Washington. This 
Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims in this action 
against the Estate of Richard R. Christopherson (``Estate'') regarding 
its liability under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a), 
for response costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States in 
connection with the Advance Electroplating Site in Seattle, Washington.
    The Decree requires, inter alia, that the Estate reimburse the 
United States' response costs in the amount of $100,000 plus interest 
through the date of payment. In addition, the Decree requires the 
Estate to take certain steps in an effort to market and sell specified 
real property and to pay to the United States, for deposit in the 
Superfund, eighty percent of the proceeds of any such sale. The Decree 
grants to the Estate the contribution protection afforded by Section 
113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9613(f)(2). The Decree also 
contains a reopener that permits the United States, in certain 
situations, to institute additional proceedings to require that this 
defendant perform further response actions or to reimburse the United 
States for additional costs of response.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. 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. Estate of Richard R. Christopherson, D.O.J. No. 90-11-
2-1116A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 800 
Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Seattle, Washington, 98104-3190; the Region 
10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (Tel: [phone]). 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., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $7.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3397 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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