[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4127]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that on January 29, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Cowles Media Company et al,, Civil No. 4-96-958, was lodged 
in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The 
Complaint filed by the United States sought to recover costs incurred 
by the United States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The 
Consent Decree requires Defendants Northern States Power Company and 
Cowles Media Company to reimburse the United States in the amount of 
$450.000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, 
and should refer to United States v. Cowles Media Company, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-1099.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
234 United States Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401 
(contact Assistant United States Attorney Friedrich Siekert); (2) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional 
Counsel Elizabeth Murphy); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies 
of the proposed 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, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the 
Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4127 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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