[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42874-42875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21500]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that on July 15, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States 
v. Cowles Media Company, et al., Civil No. 4-96-958, was lodged in the 
United

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States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The Complaint 
filed by the United States sought to recover costs incurred by the 
United States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., at the 
Brooklyn Park Dump Site (``Site'') in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The 
Consent Decree requires Defendant, Gopher Oil Company (``Gopher''), to 
consent to entry of judgment for the total amount of all unreimbursed 
response costs incurred by the United States in connection with the 
Site. In addition, Gopher is required to pay the United States 90% of 
all insurance proceeds attributable to claims relating to the Site. The 
Consent Decree contains provisions relating to Gopher's receipt of 
insurance proceeds for the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, 
and should refer to United States v. Cowles Media Company, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-1099.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
234 United States Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401 
(contact Assistant United States Attorney Friedrich Siekert); (2) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional 
Counsel Elizabeth Murphy); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the 
Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 98-21500 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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