[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26775-26776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12338]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 2, 1999 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Thomas Plating Company, Inc. et 
al., Civil Action No. 98-N-1536, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Colorado. The United States filed 
this action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9601, et seq., to recover the past response costs incurred at or in 
connection with the Thomas Plating facility in Englewood, Colorado.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Thomas Plating 
Company, Inc., and F. Jerome Thomas. Under the terms of the proposed 
Consent Decree the United States will recover response costs in the 
amount of $270,000 and the settling defendants are obligated to sell, 
recycle, or arrange for the proper transport and disposal of fourteen 
drums of plating chemicals and plating equipment remaining at the now 
abandoned Thomas Plating facility.

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    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. Thomas 
Plating Company, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 98-N-1536, and D.J. Ref. 
 90-11-2-1327.
    The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of 
Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field 
Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado, 
80202, and the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Superfund Records 
Center, Suite 500, Denver, Co. 80202, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the 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, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $4.00 for the Decree (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. 99-12338 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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