[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31843-31844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15230]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

    Notice is hereby given that on April 11, 1997, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Gold Field Mining Corp., Civil Action No. 
96-2146-JWL (D. Kan.) was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Kansas. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the 
United States' claims in this action against Gold Fields Mining 
Corporation (``Gold Fields'') and Viacom International Incorporated 
(``Viacom'') regarding their liability under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be incurred 
by the United States in connection with the Cherokee County Superfund 
Site--Galena Subsite in Cherokee County, Kansas (``Subsite'').
    The proposed Consent Decree requires, inter alia, that Gold Fields 
and Viacom will pay to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $2,100,000 
and $492,000, respectively. The proposed Consent Decree grants to the 
defendants a covenant not to sue and the contribution protection 
afforded by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9613(f)(2), for 
matters addressed in the proposed Consent Decree. The proposed Consent 
Decree contains reopeners which allow the United States, in certain 
situations, to institute additional proceedings to require the 
defendants to perform response actions or reimburse the United States 
for additional costs of response.

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    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Gold Field Mining Corp., DOJ No. 90-11-2-1081.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, 500 State Avenue, 
Suite 360, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree 
library, 1120 G Street, N.W. 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library. When requesting a copy, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-15230 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
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