[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10451]


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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. Sec. 50.7, and 43 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Civil 
Action No. 97-0121-E-BLW, was lodged on March 21, 1997 with the United 
States District Court for the District of Idaho. The Complaint in this 
case alleges claims for recovery of response costs and injunctive 
relief arising out of the release of hazardous substances at Kerr-McGee 
Chemical Corporation's vanadium plant in Caribou County, Idaho. The 
Consent Decree requires Kerr-McGee to eliminate uncontrolled discharges 
of wastewater into groundwater, excavate tailings and institute 
institutional controls to prevent consumption of groundwater that 
exceeds health standards. The Consent Decree also requires Kerr-McGee 
to pay the United States' costs associated with the Site.
    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 v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-
1208.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 877 W. Main St., Suite 201, Boise, Idaho 83702; 
at the Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98101; 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 $20.00 for the 
consent decree without attachments, $63.50 with attachments (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. 97-10451 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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