[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17011]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 42 U.S.C. 9601, 
et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that on, June 8, 1998 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Asarco Incorporated, et al., 
Civil Action No. 2:98CVO415B was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed this action 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., to 
recover the past and future response costs incurred at or in connection 
with the Murray Smelter Site in the City of Murray, Utah.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against: Asarco 
Incorporated; Murray City Corporation; SALS Investors Partnership; Utah 
Transit Authority; Monroc Inc.; TB Warehouse L.L.C.; Timothy Buehner; 
Paul Buehner; Alma Utah Company, Otto Buehner and Company; Buehner Salt 
Lake Properties,. L.C.; Buehner Corp.; Hi-Ute Investment Company; 
Murray Land Trust L.C.; W.R. White Company; Ash Grove Cement; and 
Paragon Properties. This proposed Consent Decree recovers response 
costs of $109,547.37, and requires Asarco, and the other settling 
defendants, to implement EPA's selected remedy for the Site. The Decree 
also settles potential claims against 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 Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to, United States v. Asarco 
Incorporated, et al., Civil Action No. 2: 98CVO415B, and D.J. Ref. #90-
11-3-1729.
    The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of 
Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field 
Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado, 80202 
and the U.S.; EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Superfund 
Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, Co. 80202, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the 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 $32.00 for the Decree, without attachments (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. 98-17011 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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