[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7971]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on March 22, 1999, a Consent 
Decree was lodged in United States v. Butterfield Joint Venture, Ltd.,  
Civil Action No. 2:99CV-0182J with the United States District Court for 
the District of Utah.
    The Complaint in this case was filed under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the 
Midvale Slag Superfund Site located in Midvale, Utah against 
Butterfield Joint Venture, Ltd. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent 
Decree, which resolves claims under the above-mentioned statute the 
settling defendant agrees to pay $125,000 to the United States to 
reimburse response costs incurred at the Site and the United States 
convenants not to sue the settling defendant for further response costs 
incurred by the United States at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and 
should refer to United States v. Buttefield Joint Venture, Ltd., DOJ 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-1194.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Utah, 185 South Street, Suite 400, 
Salt Lake City 84111, or at the offices of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 
80202. Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may also be 
obtained in person or by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. When requesting a copy of 
the decree by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.16 for a 
copy (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7971 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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