[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27266]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that two proposed Partial Consent Decrees in 
United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas et al., Civil Action No. 93-4098-JLF 
(S.D. Ill.) entered into by the United States and a number of 
defendants and third-party defendants, were lodged on October 10, 1996, 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Illinois. The proposed Partial Consent Decrees resolve certain claims 
of the United States under Section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the M.T. Richards, Inc. Site (``Site'') in 
Crossville, Illinois.
    Under the terms of the first Partial Consent Decree (``Group 
Decree''), a group which includes defendants ANR Pipeline Company, 
Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company, and a 
number of third-party defendants (collectively, the Settling 
Defendants''), as well as the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force (on 
behalf of the Kentucky Air National Guard) (collectively, the 
``Settling Federal Agencies'') shall pay the United States a total of 
$680,740, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in 
return for the United States' covenant not to sue for past response 
costs incurred at the Site.
    The second Partial Consent Decree with defendant Kentucky Petroleum 
Recycling, Inc. (``KPR Decree'') requires KPR to pay the United States 
$25,000, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in 
return for the United States' covenant not to sue KPR for past response 
costs incurred at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Partial Consent Decrees for 30 days following publication of 
this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas 
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1112. Both proposed Partial Consent 
Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Illinois, IL-S USA, Suite 300, 9 Executive 
Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; the Region V Office of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone no. 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of either, or both, proposed Partial Consent 
Decrees 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 specify which Partial Consent Decree is 
desired, and enclose a check (25 cents per page for reproduction costs) 
in the amount of $22.00 for the Group Decree, and/or a check in the 
amount of $6.25 for the KPR Decree, payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27266 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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