[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41591-41592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20683]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 23, 1998 seven proposed consent 
decrees in United States, et al. v. Colorado Organic Chemical Company, 
Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 98-D-1600, were lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Colorado.
    In this action, the United States and the State of Colorado sought 
recovery of approximately $21 million in response costs incurred in 
relation to the Sand Creek Industrial Site located in Commerce City, 
Colorado under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. The seven proposed consent 
decrees provide for an immediate recovery of $1,796,425.00 for the EPA 
Hazardous Substance Superfund and $80,500.00 for the State of Colorado. 
Two proposed consent decrees provide for further reimbursement 
resulting from the sale of real property and potential insurance 
coverage. The settling defendants include: Colorado Organic Chemical 
Company, Inc.; Phillip C. Mozer; Chem-Real Investment Co.; Ronald L. 
Seigneur, as current trustee for the Phillip C. Mozer Trust; Gasamat 
Oil Corporation of Colorado; Asamera Oil (U.S.), Inc.; Burlington 
Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company f/k/a Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company; BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. f/k/a 
Browning Ferris Industries of Colorado, Inc.; Robert S. Calvert; Shell 
Oil Company f/k/a Shell Chemical Corporation; and L-C Corporation.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States, et al. v. Colorado

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Organic Chemical Company, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1697.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1961 Stout Street, 11th Floor, Drawer 3608, 
Denver, CO 80294; at U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
consent decrees 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 $57.25 (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. 98-20683 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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