[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53656-53657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27210]


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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 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Washington Central Railroad Company, Inc., et al., No. CV97-1400-ST (D. 
Oregon), was lodged on September 30, 1997, with the United States 
District Court for the District of Oregon. With regard to the 
Defendants,

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the Consent Decree resolves a claim filed by the United States on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Environmental Pacific Corporation Site located in Amity, 
Yamill County, Oregon, approximately 42 miles southwest of Portland. 
The Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendants will reimburse 
the United States a total of $83,953.68 for past costs incurred by the 
United States at 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 
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. Washington Central Railroad Company, Inc., et al., DOJ 
Refs. # 90-11-2-1080 and # 90-11-3-1418.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 888 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204; the 
Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose 
a check in the amount of $20.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-27210 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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