[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65222-65223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31432]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on November 16, 1998 
a proposed partial consent decree (``consent decree'') in United States 
v. Excel Corp., Civil Action No. 3:93CV119RM, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

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    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
unrecovered response costs in connection with the Main Street Well 
Field Site in Elkhart, Indiana (``Site''). The proposed consent decree 
provides for the payment by defendants Joseph S. Beale and JSB 
Corporation d/b/a Adlake Enterprises, Inc. (collectively ``JSB'') of 
$350,000 of the United States unrecovered response costs at the Site. 
The proposed consent decree also resolve the United States claims 
against JSB for its alleged failure to perform response activities at 
the Site pursuant to an administrative order issued by the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Excel Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-799.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 301 Federal Building, 204 South Main Street, 
South Bend, Indiana; at the Region 5 Office of EPA, 77 West Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $7.50 (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. 98-31432 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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