[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1405-1406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-601]



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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, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al., Defendants/
Counterclaimants v. 

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United States of America, Counterdefendant, Civil Action No. 92-4032, 
was lodged on December 15, 1995, with the United States District Court 
for the District of South Dakota, Southern Division. The proposed 
consent decree requires Tri-State Mint, Inc., Tri-State Professional 
Recovery, Inc., Von Hoff International, Inc., and Robert Hoff, the 
former owners/operators of the Tri-State Mint C Avenue site located in 
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (``Site''), to pay the United States 
$820,000.00 (plus specified interest accrued from August 17, 1995, 
through the date of payment) in reimbursement of the United States' 
past response costs incurred in connection with the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. General 
Properties Corporation, one of the original defendants in this civil 
action, was dismissed from this lawsuit on or about November 23, 1993, 
and is not a party to this Consent Decree.
    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 of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al., 
Defendants/Counterclaimants v. United States of America, 
Counterdefendant, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-696.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of South Dakota, 230 S. Phillips Ave. 
#600 57102; 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 attachment, please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-601 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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