[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1821-1822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-606]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation & Liability Act and Resources 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 24, 1998, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Seymour 
Recycling, et al., Civil Action No. IP-80-457-C, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
    In this action the United States sought both recovery of costs and 
injunctive relief, all relating to responses that had been taken and 
would need to be taken relating to the threatened release of hazardous 
substances from the Seymour Recycling Site (``Site''), located in 
Seymour, Indiana. Under the proposed Decree, Defendant Jellico Chemical 
Company (``Jellico'') will pay the sum of $61,000.00 (plus certain 
amounts of interest) to the United States, in reimbursement of some of 
the costs incurred by the United States in connection with threatened 
releases of hazardous substances from the Site. In return for this 
payment, the United States covenants not to sue Jellico under either 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') or under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA'') for certain past costs previously incurred by the United 
States in connection with 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 Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530, and 
should refer to United States v. Seymour Recycling, et al., Civil No. 
IP-80-457-C, D.J. Ref. 62-26S-19. Commenters may request an opportunity 
for a public meeting in the affected area.

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    The proposed Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, United States 
Courthouse, 5th Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 
46204; at U.S. EPA Region 5, Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard (C-29A), 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 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 $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-606 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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