[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16095]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. MacGillis & Gibbs Co. et al., Civil Account No. 4:94-CV-848 
(D. Minn.) entered into by the United States, the State of Minnesota 
(the ``State'') and the MacGillis & Gibbs Co. (``MacGillis & Gibbs''), 
was lodged on June 6, 1997, with the United States District Court for 
the District of Minnesota. The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain 
claims of the United States, as well as the State, under section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the MacGillis & Gibbs 
Co./Bell Lumber & Pole Co. Superfund Site (``Site'') in New Brighton, 
Ramsey County, Minnesota.
    Under the terms of the proposed Consent Decree, MacGillis & Gibbs 
agrees, inter alia, to pay the United States $6.1 million in past 
response costs, $362,450 for federal Natural Resource Damages, and 
agrees to pay 95% of the United States' and the State's future response 
costs to be incurred at the MacGillis & Gibbs portion of the Site. In 
addition, MacGillis & Gibbs agrees to pay the State $357,809.04 of its 
past response costs under CERCLA. The Consent Decree contains 
provisions relating to MacGillis & Gibbs' receipt of insurance proceeds 
for the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree 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, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. MacGillis & Gibbs Co. et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-904. The proposed Consent Decree may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District 
of Minnesota, 234 United States Courthouse, 110 South Fourth Street, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401; the Region 5 Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone no. (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree with three appendices may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to 
DJ#90-11-2-904, and enclose a check in the amount of $55.75 (25 cents 
per page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16095 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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