[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34077-34078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16432]


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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. Torger L. Oaas, et al., Civil Action No. 90-75-BU-PGH (D. 
Montana), was lodged on May 29, 1997 with the United States District 
Court for the District of Montana, Butte Division. The proposed consent 
decree resolves the United States's claims for response costs at the 
Montana Pole and Treating Plant Superfund Site pursuant to Sections 107 
and 113(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. sections 
9607 and 9613(g). Under the terms of this settlement, the Settling 
Defendants, Torger L. Oaas, Martha Oaas, and the Montana Pole and 
Treating Plant (``MPTP'') will play the

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United States the sum of $10,000 in settlement of the United States' 
past response cost claims for cleanup of contaminated soils and 
groundwater at the Montana Pole and Treating Plant Superfund Site 
located in Silver Bow County near Butte, Montana. In addition, Settling 
Defendants will deed over, to a custodian to be identified by EPA, the 
Oaas's residence and MPTP's on-site property, for long term operation 
and maintenance of the remedy. In return, the United States will pay 
$110,000 for the Oaas's residence and provide a covenant not to sue to 
the Settling Defendants limited to past response costs. This proposed 
Consent Decree also settles potential counter-claims against the United 
States, the State of Montana and the Environmental Protection Agency's 
response action contractors, Riedel Environmental Services, Inc. and 
Roy F. Weston, Inc.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of the publication, comments relating to the 
proposed partial 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. Torger L. Oaas, et al., Civil Action No. 90-
75-BU-PGH (D. Montana), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-429.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Denver Field Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202 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 
partial 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 $11.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-16432 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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