[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26800]



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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 Settlement Agreement in In 
Re Diversified Metals Corporation, Bankruptcy No. 95-42881-293, was 
lodged on October 3, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for 
the Eastern District of Missouri. The Settlement Agreement allows the 
United States a claim of $40,000 against the estate of Diversified 
Metals Corporation and requires payment on that claim be made to 
reimburse a portion of the United States' past costs associated with 
the investigation and clean up of the Jack's Creek/Sitkin Smelting 
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement. 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 In Re Diversified Metals Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-911G.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, 1114 Market Street, Room 401, St. Louis, MO 
63101; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; 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 $2.00 (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. 96-26800 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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