[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4873]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree 
in United States and the State of Oregon v. Teledyne Wah Chang Albany, 
No. 97-169-RE, (D. Ore.), was lodged on January 31, 1997, with the 
United States District Court for the District of Oregon. with regard to 
the Defendant, the Consent Decree resolves a claim filed by the United 
States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
seq.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Teledyne Wah Chang Site (``the Site''), located in 
Millersburg, Oregon. The Consent Decree provides that the Defendant 
will reimburse the United States $154,000 for response costs incurred 
and to be incurred at the Site. Further, the Defendant will be required 
to implement remedial actions set forth in two Records of Decision for 
the Site, at an estimated cost of $7.5 million, and to reimburse EPA 
for its costs of overseeing the remedial work. The Site is an operating 
producer of zirconium and hafnium metals.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States and the State of Oregon v. Teledyne Wah Chang Albany, DOJ 
Ref. #90-11-2-558.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 888 Southwest 5th Avenue, Suite 1000, Portland, 
Oregon, 97204-2024; the Region 10 office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of 
$18.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-4873 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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