[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19172]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Harold Shane, Civil Action No. C-3-89-383, was lodged on May 12, 1997 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Ohio. The proposed consent decree will resolve claims against twenty 
three parties for the recovery of response costs expended by the 
Environmental Protection Agency at the Arcanum Iron and Metal Superfund 
Site in Arcanum, Ohio pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq. 
(``CERCLA''). EPA has determined that each of the settling parties 
qualifies for de minimis treatment in accordance with CERCLA Section 
122(g), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g). The settlement requires the settling 
parties to make payments totaling $462,480.
    The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United 
States under Section 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and 
9607, and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973 (``RCRA'').
    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 v. Harold Shane, Civil Action No. C-3-89-383, and the Department 
of Justice Reference No. 90-11-3-504. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 200 West Second 
Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 45th 
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 $10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19172 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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