[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8050]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Farmland 
Industries, Inc., et al.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Farmland Industries, Inc. and Cooperative Producers, 
Inc., Civil Action No. 4: 96CV3076, was lodged on March 18, 1996 with 
the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. The 
Consent Decree addresses the responsibility of Farmland Industries, 
Inc. and Cooperative Producers, Inc. for the clean-up of contamination 
at the FAR-MAR-CO Subsite of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination 
Superfund Site in Hastings, Nebraska. The Consent Decree provides for 
payment by the Defendants of $954,019.00 for past EPA response costs; 
the performance of certain components of the remedial action for the 
Subsite at an estimated cost of $1.2 to $1.5 million; and payment of 
certain future response costs incurred by the United States in 
connection with the FAR-MAR-CO Subsite.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Farmland Industries, Inc. and Cooperative 
Producers, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1393. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with section 7003(d) of the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act, 42 
U.S.C. 6973 (RCRA).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 215 North 17th St., Zorinsky Federal Building, 
Room 7401, Omaha, Nebraska; 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 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 please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $44.55 (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. 96-8050 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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