[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17497]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Department of Justice Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA)
Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. Noreen Greenberg, Marvin Greenberg, and The Property
Addressed at 120 Osage Avenue, located in Kansas City, Kansas, Civil
Action No. 96-2289-JWL, was lodged on June 17, 1996, with the United
States District Court for the District of Kansas.
The complaint alleges that Noreen and Marvin Greenberg are jointly
and severally liable for the United States' approximately $1.1 million
in response costs at the Osage Metals Superfund Site, located in Kansas
City, Kansas, pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).
The complaint also includes an in rem action to recover these costs,
which are secured by a CERCLA lien against the Site, pursuant to
Section 107(l) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(l).
The proposed agreement concerns the 1.7-acre Osage Metals Superfund
Site (``Site''), located at 120 Osage Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
The Site was the location of metals salvage and reclamation facilities
between 1948 and 1993. The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') conducted a removal action at the Site in 1995. As of
October 31, 1995, EPA had incurred costs in excess of $1.1 million
exclusive of interest. On June 26, 1995, EPA perfected a CERCLA lien on
the Site to secure its $1.1 million in response costs.
Under the proposed consent decree, the owners will transfer
ownership of the Site to a developer who will, in turn, pay the United
States $80,000 in reimbursement of the United States' past response
costs. The W.W. Land Company, which had no part in the activities that
gave rise to the United States' response costs of the Site, plans to
build and operate a commercial warehouse on the Site.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Noreen Greenberg, Marvin Greenberg, and The Property
Addressed at 120 Osage Avenue, located in Kansas City, Kansas, DOJ Ref.
#90-11-3-1617.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, District of Kansas, 500 State Avenue, Suite
360, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101, (913) 551-6730; the Region VII Office
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas
City, KS 66101 (913) 551-7010; 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 $6.00 for the
consent decree only, or $10.25 for the consent decree and attachments
(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. 96-17497 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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