[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19171]


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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 CFR Sec. 50.7 and 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States versus Stanley and Shirley Hodes, Civil Action 
No. 95-1813-ST, was lodged on July 2, 1997 with the United States 
District Court for the District of Oregon. The complaint alleged that 
Defendants Stanley and Shirley Hodes are liable as owners of the Allied 
Plating Site in Portland, Oregon. Pursuant to Section 107(a) (1) and 
(2) of the CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a)(4)(A), the complaint also 
alleges that the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') incurred 
costs for response actions set at and in connection with the Site.
    The proposed Consent Decree provides that the Defendants will pay 
$300,000 to the United States for the past investigation and removal 
costs incurred and paid by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree also 
provides that the United States covenants not to sue the defendants 
under both Sections 107(a) and 113(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. Sec. 9607(a) and 9613(g).
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States versus Stanley and Shirley Hodes, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-276A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 888 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1000, Portland, 
Oregon 97204-2024; the Region X Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle Washington 98101; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-19171 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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