[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30881-30882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14706]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Compensation
and Liability Act
In accordance with section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on May 16, 1997, a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Civil Action No. 97-0578, was
lodged with the United States
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District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This consent
decree represents a settlement of claims brought against the Union
Pacific Railroad Company (``Union Pacific'') under CERCLA section 107,
42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of costs incurred and to be incurred
by the United States in responding to the release and threatened
release of hazardous substances at and from the Moss-American Superfund
Site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (``Site'').
Under the proposed settlement, Union Pacific will be required,
among other things, to: (1) pay $300,000 toward the costs incurred by
the United States in connection with the Site; and (2) grant the Untied
States and its assigns irrevocable access to those portions of the
Union Pacific's property that comprises a part of the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publicaiton comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-590c.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) the Mill Road
Library, 6431 N. 76th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (2) U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
60604 (contact Mr. Russell D. Hart (312-886-4844)); and (3) the U.S.
Department of Justice's Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, NW.,
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20010, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G. Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20010. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50
(consent decree only) or $47.00 (consent decree and appendices) (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. 97-14706 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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