[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4127]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby
given that on January 29, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. Cowles Media Company et al,, Civil No. 4-96-958, was lodged
in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The
Complaint filed by the United States sought to recover costs incurred
by the United States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The
Consent Decree requires Defendants Northern States Power Company and
Cowles Media Company to reimburse the United States in the amount of
$450.000.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044,
and should refer to United States v. Cowles Media Company, et al., D.J.
Ref. No. 90-11-2-1099.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following
offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota,
234 United States Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401
(contact Assistant United States Attorney Friedrich Siekert); (2) the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional
Counsel Elizabeth Murphy); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies
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, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the
Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents
per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4127 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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