[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33908-33909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16113]
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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. Atlantic Richfield Company,
Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, 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 (the ``Site'') southwest of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The Decree resolves claims against Atlantic Richfield Company
(``ARCO'') under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and
9607, as well as Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973, with respect to
the Site as specifically defined in the Decree. ARCO will perform
certain operation and maintenance activities associated with the so-
called Copperton Tailings Property and a portion of the Bingham Creek
Channel with respect to work ARCO previously completed in response to
various administrative orders issued by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. Contribution and other potential claims of ARCO
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.
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 to, United States v. Atlantic
Richfield Company, Civil No. Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, and D.J. Ref. #
90-11-2-1065. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public
hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of
RCRA.
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,
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Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $7.75 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. 99-16113 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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