[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16112]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 1999, a proposed Consent
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Kennecott Holdings Corporation
et al., Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed this
action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
9601, et seq., to recover the past response costs incurred at or in
connection with the Bingham Creek Channel Superfund Site southwest of
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Holdings
Corporation, formerly Kennecott Corporation, and Utah Copper Company
(``Kennecott'') under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606
and 9607, and Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 9673, with respect to the
Site as specifically defined in the Decree. Under the terms of the
Decree the United States will recover response costs in the amount of
$265,000. Contribution and other potential claims of Kennecott against
the United States are also resolved.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree.
Comment 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 to, United States v. Kennecott
Holdings Corporation, Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, and D.H. Ref. # 90-11-2-
1065. If requested, the United States will conduct a public meeting in
the vicinity of West Jordan, Utah.
The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for
the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake
City, UT 84111, at the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Superfund
Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)
624-0892. A copy of the Decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $8.50 for the Decree (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16112 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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