[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12081]
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[Federal Register: May 18, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Donald
Distler, Civil Action Nos. C-88-0200-L(A) and C-88-0201-L (A), was
lodged on April 26, 1994 with the United States District Court for the
Western District of Kentucky. The proposed Consent Decree concerns an
abandoned brickyard and a farm located in Hardin and Jefferson
counties, respectively. EPA incurred costs associated with the release
and threatened release of hazardous substances at both sites. Pursuant
to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of all past response costs
incurred by the United States at the sites. Under the proposed Consent
Decree, the settling defendants and third-party defendants will pay in
excess of 83 percent of EPA's past response costs and all future
response costs to be incurred at the sites.
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,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Donald Distler, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-176/90-11-3-177.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 510 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky 40202;
the Region IV Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 345
Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 3036; 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 refer to
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-12081 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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