[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6841]


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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. Port of 
Moses Lake, No. CS-98-0057-FVS (E.D. Washington), was lodged on 
February 23, 1998, with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Washington. With regard to the Defendants, 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 sought past 
costs and performance of work.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site located near Moses Lake, 
Washington. The Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendant 
will perform work by installing a new water supply and reimburse the 
United States a total of $56,538.26 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. Port of Moses Lake, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1040.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 920 Riverside, Suite 300, Spokane, Washington 
99201; 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 $16.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-6841 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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