[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58374-58375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28762]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of 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 and 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. City of Minot, North Dakota, Civil Action 
No. A4-95-141, was lodged on October 26, 1995, with the United States 
District of North Dakota, Northwestern Division. A complaint was also 
filed on October 26, 1995. The State of North Dakota (``State'') is a 
party to the Consent Decree.
    The proposed consent decree requires the former Site operator, the 
City of Minot Landfill Site (``Site'') located in Ward County, North 
Dakota, as required by the Record of Decision signed by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') on or about June 21, 1993, 
including (a) implementing institutional controls to prohibit 
construction on the landfill and the use of water beneath the landfill 
or in the immediate vicinity of the landfill for drinking water 
purposes; (b) extracting and treating landfill leachate in the City's 
wastewater treatment facility; (c) consolidating contaminated soil in 
the vicinity of leachate seeps under the landfill cap and to improve 
the cap to limit precipitation infiltration and to control stormwater 
runoff; (d) monitoring ground-water to detect future releases of 
contaminants to the ground water; and (e) collecting and dispersing 
landfill gas by using an active collection system and a tall stack; (2) 
to pay the United States $100,000.00 in reimbursement of past and 
future response costs; and (3) to pay, upon demand by the State after 
the entry of the Consent Decree, those 

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response costs incurred by the State in a manner not inconsistent with 
the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 
40 CFR Part 300, to conduct Site oversight. The North Dakota Department 
of Health and EPA have agreed to share oversight of certain of the 
City's work associated with the remedy.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Minot, North Dakota, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-951.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of North Dakota, 219 Fed. Bldg. & U.S. 
Cthse., 655 1st Ave. No., Fargo, North Dakota 58102; the Region VIII 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th 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 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 of the proposed decree and attachments, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $46.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), for each copy. The 
check should be made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-28762 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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