[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18620]
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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, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX Transportation, Inc.;
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T Corp., No. 97-1004JO, (D.
Oregon), was lodged on June 30, 1997, with the United States District
Court for the District of Oregon. With regard to the Defendants, the
Consent Decree resolves a claim filed by the United States on behalf of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.
The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection
with the Environmental Pacific Corporation Site located approximately
42 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. The Consent Decree provides
that the Settling Defendants will reimburse the United States a total
of $666,137 for past costs incurred by the United States at 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. Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX
Transportation, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest
Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T
Corp., DOJ Reg. #90-11-2-1080 A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 888 S.W. 5th Avenue, Portland,
Oregon 97204; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in
the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-18620 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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