[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9806-9807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5247]
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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
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, and 42
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on February 12,
1997, a Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. James Maxwell, et
al., Civil Action No. 97-WY-286-AJ with the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado.
The Complaint in this case was filed under Sections 106 and 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607,
with respect to Clear Creek Superfund Site located in Gilpin and Clear
Creek Counties, Colorado against James Maxwell, Argo Town, U.S.A.,
Inc., and Argo Tunnel Recovery Co. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent
Decree, which resolves claims under the above-mentioned statute and
under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, the settling defendants will provide the
United States with property upon which a wastewater treatment facility
will be built.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. James Maxwell, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1553.
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, District of Colorado, 1961 Stout Street, Suite
1100, Denver, Colorado. Copies of the Consent Decree may also be
examined and obtained by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the
offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th
Street,
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Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. When requesting a copy by mail,
please enclose a check in the amount of $12.25 (twenty-five cents per
page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5247 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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