[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4643]


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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. Harold 
Shane et al., Civil Action No. 90-0102-C (S.D. Ohio) entered into by 
the United States and Harold Shane, was lodged on February 11, 1998, 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Ohio. The proposed Consent Decree will resolve claims of the United 
States against Harold Shane for recovery of response costs incurred by 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Arcanum Iron & Metals 
Superfund Site in Arcanum, Ohio pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq. (``CERCLA''). The settlement requires Harold Shane to make 
payment of $354,112 to the United States following entry of the 
proposed Consent Decree.
    The Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United 
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, 
and under section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 
42 U.S.C. 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, 
United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States 
v. Harold Shane et al., Civil Action No. 90-0102-C, 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, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree, and attached exhibits, may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, 200 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402; the Region 5 
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 
telephone no. (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 
with attached exhibits, please refer to DJ #90-11-3-504, and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page for reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4643 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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