[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17655]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
Amended
Notice is hereby given that two consent decrees in United States v.
U.S. Ecology, Inc., et al., Civ. Act. No. 95-58, were lodged with the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on
June 5, 1995. These consent decrees resolve claims by and against the
United States arising under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, relating to the release and
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Maxey Flats Disposal
Site (the ``Site'') in Fleming County, Kentucky. The United States
filed a complaint against the settling private parties and settling
state parties simultaneously with the lodging of the consent decrees.
One consent decree, called the ``De Maximus Consent Decree,''
provides for the design and implementation of a remedy for the Site
selected in 1991 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(``EPA'') and for the reimbursement of $5.313 million in response costs
incurred by EPA. Generally, the remedy requires the removal of leachate
from the disposal trenches, the installation of a cap to prevent water
from infiltrating the disposal trenches, and continual maintenance and
supervision to ensure the safety of the site. The parties to the De
Maximus Consent Decree are the United States, including EPA, the United
States Air Force, the United States Army, the United States Navy, the
United States Department of Defense, the United States Department of
Energy, the National Institute of Health, and NASA; the Commonwealth of
Kentucky; and forty three private parties.
The second consent decree, called the ``De Minimis Consent
Decree,'' provides for the reimbursement of costs incurred by the
United States and certain private parties in responding to the release
and threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. The parties
to the De Minimis Consent Decree are the United States, including EPA,
the Department of the Interior, the National Institute of Mental
Health, the National Institute for Standards & Testing, NIOSH,
Smithsonian Institute, U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Public Health Service, and the Veterans Administration Hospital;
and 391 private and state entities.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decrees for a period of 30 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530.
All comments should refer to United States v. U.S. Ecology, Inc., et
al., DOJ Ref. Nos. 90-11-2-211A and 90-11-3-195.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 513 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011.
A copy of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained in person or by
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 ``G'' Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the De Maximus
Consent Decree, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check
in the amount of $237.50 (25 cents per page copying cost), payable to
the Consent Decree Library. When requesting a copy of the De Minimis
Consent Decree, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check
in the amount of $101.00 (25 cents per page copying cost).
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17655 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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