[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14579-14580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7898]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to CERCLA

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States of America v. Waste Disposal Inc. et al., Civil Action 
No. 96-2124JWL was lodged on March 12, 1996 with the United States 
District Court for the District of Kansas.
    In its Complaint, filed concurrently with the United States 
District Court for the District of Kansas, the United States alleges 
under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 
9607(a), that the defendants are liable for implementation of the 
remedial action and reimbursement of response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States at the Doepke Holliday Superfund Site 
(``Site'') located in Johnson County, Kansas.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, 70 Settling Defendants 
(including 33 de minimis parties) and two Settling Federal Agencies 
(the United States Air Force and the United States Army Reserve) have 
agreed to finance and implement the final remedial action for the Site 
which EPA estimates will cost approximately $11,000,000. The Settling 
Defendants will also pay 100% of EPA's future response costs, including 
EPA's oversight costs for remedial implementation. Finally, the 
Settling Defendants have agreed to pay all of the United States' 
outstanding past response costs in the amount of $1,341,520.89.
    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 Acting 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States of America v. Waste Disposal Inc. et al., DOJ 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-600.
    The proposed Consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 500 State Avenue, Suite 360, Kansas City, 
Kansas 66101; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $29.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7898 Filed 4-1-96; 8:45 am]
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