[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18849]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on the 23rd day of March, 1998, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States, v. Rudi R. Vafadari, et al., Civil Action CV 
96-1434 PHX EHC was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Arizona. The Complaint was filed in this case for 
recovery of response costs and civil penalties from Rudi R. Vafadari 
and others, pursuant to Sections 104, 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606 and 9607, related to the DCE 
Circuits site, in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Pursuant to the consent decree, the defendants will pay $328,500 in 
response costs, and a civil penalty of $10,000 for failure to provide 
timely and complete responses to information request letters.
    For thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice, 
the Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to the 
Consent Decree from persons who are not parties to the action. Comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 
20530 and should refer to United States v. Rudi R. Vafadari et al., D. 
J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-413C.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region IX office 
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105, or at the U.S. Attorney's Office, 230 
First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Copies of the Consent Decree also may be examined at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 2005, 
telephone number (202) 634-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In 
requesting a copy, please tender a check in the amount of $6.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-18849 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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