[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6108]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Joint Motion to Amend 
Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 25, 1998, a proposed 
Stipulation and Joint Motion To Amend Consent Decree (``Joint Motion To 
Amend Consent Decree'') in United States v. Environmental Conservation 
and Chemical Co., et al., Cause Number IP 83-1419-C-M/S, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Indiana.
    On September 10, 1991, the U.S. District Court for the Southern 
District of Indiana entered a Consent Decree that resolved the United 
States' claim for injunctive relief and for reimbursement of response 
costs, brought pursuant to Sections 104, 106, and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606, and 9607(a). The 1991 Consent Decree required the 
settling defendants to implement the remedy selected by U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency in a September 25, 1987, Record of 
Decision (``ROD'') and a June 7, 1991, ROD Amendment. In 1997, the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency issued an Explanation of Significant 
Differences that modified the ROD, as amended, in several respects. The 
Joint Motion To Amend Consent Decree would amend the 1991 Consent 
Decree to make it consistent with the modified remedy set forth in the 
1997 Explanation of Significant Differences.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Joint 
Motion To Amend Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Environmental Conservation and Chemical Co., 
et al. and D.J. Ref. Number 90-11-2-48.
    The Joint Motion To Amend Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, at 
U.S. EPA Region 5, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
Joint Motion To Amend 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, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $31.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library. To request a copy exclusive of exhibits, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6108 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am]
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