[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38214-38215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18089]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, the Department of Justice
gives
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notice that a proposed consent decree in the case captioned United
States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action No.
IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Indiana on June 30, 1999. The
proposed consent decree relates to the Ingram-Richardson Superfund Site
and the Augustus-Hook Superfund Site, both located near Frankfort in
Clinton County, Indiana. The proposed consent decree would resolve
certain civil claims of the United States for recovery of past response
costs under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against
all seven defendants in the pending litigation concerning the two
Sites, namely Cuyahoga Management Corporation; John B. Hook; Albert A.
Augustus; Edward P. Cawley; Hook Associates; 815 Realty, Inc.; and
Augustus & Hook Associates (f/k/a Chester Associates). The proposed
consent decree would require the seven Settling Defendants to pay the
United States a total of $2.75 million ($1419 million for the Ingram-
Richardson Site and $1.331 million for the Augustus-Hook 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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action
No. IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.) and DOJ Reference Nos. 90-11-2-1202 and
90-11-3-06374.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, United
States Courthouse--Fifth Floor, 46 E. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN
46204 (contact Harold R. Bickham (317-226-6333)); (2) the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Karen L. Peaceman (312-353-
5751)); and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural
Resources Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd
Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). Copies of the proposed
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting copies, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ
Reference Numbers and enclose a check for $11.75 (47 pages at 25 cents
per page reproduction cost), made payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18089 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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