[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9452]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of
Aberdeen, Mississippi; and Board of Supervisors of Monroe County,
Mississippi, (N.D. Miss.) was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on March 26, 1998
(1:94cv304-S-D). The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United
States' claims against the City of Aberdeen and the Board of
Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi pursuant to Section 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended. This Decree also settles settling
defendants' counterclaim against the United States. The settling
defendants are alleged to be liable under Section 107 of CERCLA for
costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
during a cleanup of the Prairie Metals Site in Monroe County,
Mississippi. Under the Consent Decree, the settling defendants agree to
reimburse the United States in the amount of $675,000, payable in two
installments.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044; and
refer to United States v. City of Aberdeen et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-
1074
The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, Federal Building, Room 265, 911 West
Jackson Avenue, Oxford, Mississippi, 38665 and at the office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,
Atlanta, GA 30303; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case
and enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9452 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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