[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30881-30882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14706]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Compensation 
and Liability Act

    In accordance with section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on May 16, 1997, a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Civil Action No. 97-0578, was 
lodged with the United States

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District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This consent 
decree represents a settlement of claims brought against the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (``Union Pacific'') under CERCLA section 107, 
42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of costs incurred and to be incurred 
by the United States in responding to the release and threatened 
release of hazardous substances at and from the Moss-American Superfund 
Site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (``Site'').
    Under the proposed settlement, Union Pacific will be required, 
among other things, to: (1) pay $300,000 toward the costs incurred by 
the United States in connection with the Site; and (2) grant the Untied 
States and its assigns irrevocable access to those portions of the 
Union Pacific's property that comprises a part of the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publicaiton comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-590c.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) the Mill Road 
Library, 6431 N. 76th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (2) U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 
60604 (contact Mr. Russell D. Hart (312-886-4844)); and (3) the U.S. 
Department of Justice's Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20010, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent 
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G. Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20010. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 
(consent decree only) or $47.00 (consent decree and appendices) (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14706 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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