[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33909-33910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16111]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (``RCRA'')

    Consistent with the policy set forth in the Department of Justice 
regulations at 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 11, 
1999, a proposed Consent Decree was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis 
Division, in United States of America v. GK Technologies, Inc. and 
Indiana Steel & Wire Co. Cause No. IP 90-2122-C-D/G. The proposed 
Consent Decree settles claims asserted by the United States, on behalf 
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to 
Section 3008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 
6928, against GK Technologies, Inc. (``GK''), involving a wire 
manufacturing facility formerly operated by Indiana Steel & Wire Co. 
(``IS&W'') on land owned by GK Technologies in Muncie, Indiana.
    The Consent Decree requires GK to complete certain environmental 
investigations and to implement workplans for remediation of the 
facility upon approval by the Indiana Department of Environmental 
Management's (``IDEM'') Voluntary Remediation Program (``VRP''). Under 
the proposed decree, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will 
review and have an opportunity to comment on the investigatory reports

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and proposed workplans submitted to the IDEM VRP. IS&W is not a party 
to the proposed consent decree; however, the United States reserves its 
rights with respect to IS&W and the current operator of the facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be directed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. GK Technologies, Inc. and IS&W Co., DOJ Reference # 
90-7-1-407A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, U.S. 
Courthouse, 5th Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 
46204, at the Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree may be obtained in person or my mail from the Consent Decree 
Library. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$15.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 99-16111 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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