[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31000]



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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. 
Chrysler Corporation, Allied Waste Systems, Inc., Allied Services, LLC, 
and Clarence J. and Evelyn K. Chott, No. 4:98CV01809CAS (E.D. 
Missouri), was lodged on October 28, 1998, with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Iowa. With regard to the 
Defendants, the Consent Decree resolves claims 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 entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Fenton Creek Dump Site located in Fenton, Missouri. The 
Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendants will reimburse the 
United States a total of $2,550,000 for costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States at the Site. The Settling Defendants also 
will pay $52,126 for natural resource damages 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. Chrylser Corporation, Allied Waste Systems, Inc., Allied 
Services, LLC, and Clarence J. and Evelyn K. Chott, DOJ Reg. #90-11-2-
1288.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1114 Market Street, Room 401, St. Louis, 
Missouri 63101; the Region 7 Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-31000 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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