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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on December 2, 1994, a 
Consent Decree inUnitedStatesv.PacifiCorpd/b/a Utah Power & Light 
Company, Civil Action No. 94-C-1162W, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Utah.
    The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, filed a complaint against PacifiCorp       d/b/a Utah Power & 
Light Company (``UP&L''), under Sections 106, 107, and 113(g)(2) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 9607, and 
9613(g)(2), with respect to the Utah Power & Light/American Barrel 
Superfund Site located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under the Consent 
Decree, UP&L has agreed to perform the remedy selected by EPA under 
CERCLA for the Site, which involves remediating contaminated surface 
and subsurface soils by way of asphalt batching. Any characteristic 
wastes are to be incinerated. The groundwater is to be protected by 
treating the sources of contamination through soil vapor extraction. 
UP&L has also agreed to reimburse EPA for future response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. PacifiCorp       d/b/a Utah Power & Light 
Company, Civil Action No. 94-C-1162W, Ref. No. 90-11-2-899. The 
proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney General, District of Utah, 478 Frank E. Moss U.S. 
Courthouse, 350 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101. Copies 
of the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 
80202-2466. When requesting a copy of the settlement agreement by mail, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $20.75 (twenty-five cents per 
page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-30828 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am]
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