[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19172]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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.
Harold Shane, Civil Action No. C-3-89-383, was lodged on May 12, 1997
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Ohio. The proposed consent decree will resolve claims against twenty
three parties for the recovery of response costs expended by the
Environmental Protection Agency at the Arcanum Iron and Metal Superfund
Site in Arcanum, Ohio pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.
(``CERCLA''). EPA has determined that each of the settling parties
qualifies for de minimis treatment in accordance with CERCLA Section
122(g), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g). The settlement requires the settling
parties to make payments totaling $462,480.
The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United
States under Section 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and
9607, and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973 (``RCRA'').
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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Harold Shane, Civil Action No. C-3-89-383, and the Department
of Justice Reference No. 90-11-3-504. Commenters may request an
opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, in accordance
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 200 West Second
Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 45th
Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $10.50 (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. 97-19172 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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