[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24596]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 29, 
1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Waste Management of 
Kentucky, Inc., et al., Civil Action No: 90-0632-L(J), was lodged with 
the United States Court for the Western District of Kentucky. This 
Consent Decree will resolve our claims under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States at the Tri-City Industrial Disposal Site 
in Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky (Site).
    The Consent Decree requires defendants Waste Management of 
Kentucky, LLC (successor to Waste Management of Kentucky, Inc.), Ford 
Motor Company, and the Dow Corning Corporation (Settling Defendants) to 
pay the United States $2,059,000 for past response costs incurred for 
the Site. The Settling Defendants are currently complying with a CERCLA 
Section 106 Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) addressing the 
Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) for the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decree. 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. 
Waste Management of Kentucky, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-515.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 510 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; at U.S. EPA 
Region 4, 61 Forsythe Street, SE, Atlanta, Georgia; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C., (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the 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. When requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-24596 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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