[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18683]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States versus Exide Corporation et al., Civil Action No. CA 94-4086, as 
lodged on July 10, 1996 with the United States District Court for the 
District of South Dakota. The proposed consent decree resolves the 
United States' claim for past response costs at the Traub Battery and 
Body Shop Superfund Site pursuant to Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Under the terms of 
the consent decree, the Settling Defendants, Exide Corporation, Graham 
Tire Company, J.C. Penney Co., Inc., K-Mart Corporation, John Morrell & 
Co., Inc., and the South Dakota Department Of Transportation, will pay 
the United States the sum of $313,000 in settlement of the United 
States' past response cost claim for costs incurred by the United 
States in connection with the cleanup of lead-contaminated soils at the 
Traub Battery and Body Shop Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located near 
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
    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 versus Exide Corporation et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1139.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Denver Field Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, 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, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-18683 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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