[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53654-53655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27208]


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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., and Soo Line Railroad Co., Civil 
Action No. 4:94-CV-848 (D. Minn.) entered into by the United States and 
the Soo Line Railroad Co. (``Soo Line''), was lodged on September 23, 
1997, with the United States District Court for the District of 
Minnesota. The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the 
United States 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, Soo Line agrees, 
inter alia, to pay the United States $75,000 in past response costs 
incurred in connection with the MacGillis & Gibbs portion of the Site, 
and $10,000 for federal Natural Resource Damages. In addition, Soo Line 
agrees to provide access to U.S. EPA to its property at the Site for 
purposes of implementing response actions, and agrees to record land 
use restrictions to ensure the protectiveness of the remedial measures 
at 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, D.C. 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. MacGillis & Gibbs Co. and 
Soo Line Railroad Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-904. The proposed Consent

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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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone no. 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree with two 
appendices 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 DJ#90-11-2-904, and enclose a check 
in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-27208 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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