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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order with Lone Star 
Industries, Inc. (``Lone Star'') in In re New York Trap Rock 
Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc., et al., Debtors, and In re 
Lone Star Industries, Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11, Case Nos. 90 B21276 
(HS) to 90 B21286(HS), 90 B21334(HS) and 90 B21335(HS) (Jointly 
Administered) and Case No. 90 B21277(HS), was lodged on July 11, 1994, 
with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of 
New York. This proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order is a 
settlement of claims filed by the United States on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency in the above proceeding pursuant to 
section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for past and future 
response costs at the Portland Cement Co. (Kiln Dust, #2 & #3) 
Superfund Site in Salt Lake County, Utah, Kiln Dust sites 1 and 4, also 
located in Salt Lake County, Utah, and site 5 located in Davis County, 
Utah (collectively, the ``Sites''). The Sites were utilized for the 
deposit of cement kiln dust, a by-product of cement manufacturing, 
during the period from 1965 through 1983.
    The proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order provides 
that the United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall be allowed a Class 4 general unsecured claim against Lone 
Star in the amount of $16,292,490. In addition, the Department of 
Interior, a natural resource trustee, shall be allowed a class 4 
general unsecured claim in the amount of $200,000.
    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 In re 
New York Trap Rock Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc., et al., 
Debtors, and In re Lone Star Industries, Inc., Debtor, DOJ Ref. #90-11-
2-602A.
    The proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District 
of Utah, room 476, U.S. Courthouse, 350 South Main Street, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 999 185h Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202; 
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, 202-624-0892. A copy of the proposed settlement 
agreement and stipulated order 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 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. 94-17751 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]
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