[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6895]
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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 March 9, 1995, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Arrowhead Refining Co. et al., Civil Action
5-89-202, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Minnesota. This consent decree represents a settlement of
claims against 209 parties under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq. (CERCLA).
The consent decree requires 44 parties (the Settling Defendants) to
perform one component of the remedial action (the ``sludge pit'' clean-
up) at the Arrowhead Refining Co. Site (the Site) at an approximate
cost of $12.52 million. These parties have already spent $6.4 million
in Site related investigative and response activities. In addition, the
Settling Defendants are required to pay an additional $134,800 to
federal and state natural resources trustees for use in habitat
restoration projects.
One hundred and sixty-five other parties, including De Minimis and
De Micromis parties, ``Hardship'' parties, a defunct owner/operator,
eight federal entities, and several oil company defendants, will
contribute financially to the Settling Defendants' performance of the
remedial action.
This settlement was part of EPA's Mixed Funding Pilot Project. In
addition to the work to be performed by the Settling Defendants, EPA
and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) intend to undertake
the remaining soils and gourndwater components of the remedial action
as ``mixed work.'' These portions of the remedy are expected to cost
approximately $6.35 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
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 United
States v. Arrowhead Refining Co. et al. D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-164.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Minnesota, 234 U.S. Courthouse, 110
South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Region V Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago,
Illinois, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th
Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount $26.75 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-6895 Filed 3-20-95; 8:45 am]
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