[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-12081]


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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 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Donald 
Distler, Civil Action Nos. C-88-0200-L(A) and C-88-0201-L (A), was 
lodged on April 26, 1994 with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Kentucky. The proposed Consent Decree concerns an 
abandoned brickyard and a farm located in Hardin and Jefferson 
counties, respectively. EPA incurred costs associated with the release 
and threatened release of hazardous substances at both sites. Pursuant 
to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments 
and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 
the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of all past response costs 
incurred by the United States at the sites. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree, the settling defendants and third-party defendants will pay in 
excess of 83 percent of EPA's past response costs and all future 
response costs to be incurred at the sites.
    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. Donald Distler, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-176/90-11-3-177.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 510 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; 
the Region IV Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 345 
Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 3036; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 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 $8.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-12081 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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