[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15794-15795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7972]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, the Department of Justice 
gives notice that two proposed consent decrees in the consolidated 
cases captioned United States v. Cantrell, et al., Civil Action No. C-
1-97-981 (S.D. Ohio) and United States v. Ohio Power Co., et al., Civil 
Action No. C-1-98-247 (S.D. Ohio), were lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, on 
March 18, 1999, pertaining to the Automatic Containers Superfund Site 
(the ``Site''), located near Ironton, in Lawrence County, Ohio. The 
proposed consent decrees would resolve certain civil claims of the 
United States for recovery of more than $1.2 million in past response 
costs under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9607, against two defendants in the consolidated cases.
    The first proposed consent decree, captioned ``Partial Consent 
Decree with Settling Defendant Ohio Power Company'' would provide for 
Ohio Power Company's payment of $210,000 in reimbursement of past 
CERCLA response costs the United States incurred in connection with the 
Site. The second proposed consent decree, captioned ``Partial Consent 
Decree with Settling Defendant AK Steel Corporation'' would provide for 
AK Steel Corporation's payment of $15,000 in reimbursement of past 
CERCLA response costs the United States incurred 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 consent decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Cantrell, et al., Civil Action No. C-1-97-981 (S.D. 
Ohio) and United States v. Ohio Power Co., et al., Civil Action No. C-
1-98-247 (S.D. Ohio), and DOJ References No. 90-11-3-1756, and the 
proposed consent decree(s) which the comments address.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at: (1) Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 220 U.S. 
Courthouse, 100 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (contact 
Gerald Kaminski (513-684-3711)); (2) the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Mony Chabria (312-886-6842)); and (3) the 
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005 (202-624-0892). Copies of the proposed consent decrees may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting copies, 
please refer to the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number, the 
proposed consent decree(s), requested, and enclose a check for the 
amount(s) described below, made payable to the Consent Decree Library. 
The cost for a copy of the ``Partial Consent Decree with Settling 
Defendant Ohio Power Company'' only is $5.75 (23 pages at 25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), or $6.50 for that consent decree and all 
appendices (26 pages). The cost for a copy of the ``Partial Consent 
Decree with Settling Defendant AK Steel Corporation'' only is $6.00 (24 
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), or

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$6.75 for that consent decree and all appendices (27 pages).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7972 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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