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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Consistent with the policy set forth in Section 122(d)(2)(B) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2)(B), and the 
Department of Justice regulations at 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on June 22, 1994, a proposed partial Consent Decree was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska 
in United States v. Alaska Railroad Corporation et al, No. A-91-589 CV. 
The Consent Decree resolves claims asserted by the United States on 
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 
107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, against six of the defendants in 
this action (and the United States as a counterclaim defendant) for 
past response costs incurred in connection with the Standard Steel & 
Metals Salvage Yard Site (the ``Site'') in Anchorage, Alaska. The 
settling defendants include the Alaska Railroad Corporation, Chugach 
Electric Association, Inc. (``Chugach''), Westinghouse Electric 
Corporation, Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., J.C. Penney, Inc. and 
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. The Consent Decree also obligates five of 
the settling defendants to reimburse Chugach and the United States for 
their share of the costs currently being incurred in connection with 
performance of a remedial investigation and feasibility study (``RI/
FS'') for the Site. The proposed partial Consent Decree also allocates 
past costs and RI/FS costs among all the settlers based on aliquot 
shares or percentages agreed upon among the parties for these phases of 
work and investigation at the Site only.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed partial consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be directed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Alaska Railroad Corporation et al., DOJ Reference #90-
11-3-810.
    The proposed partial consent decree and appendices may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, 
Room 253, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 222 West Seventh 
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7567 and at the Region 10 office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 7th Floor Records Center, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed consent 
decree and appendices (if requested) may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (without appendices) or $34.50 
(with appendices) (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-16354 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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