[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33908-33909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16113]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 1999, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Atlantic Richfield Company, 
Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Utah. 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 
Bingham Creek Channel Superfund Site (the ``Site'') southwest of Salt 
Lake City, Utah.
    The Decree resolves claims against Atlantic Richfield Company 
(``ARCO'') under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607, as well as Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973, with respect to 
the Site as specifically defined in the Decree. ARCO will perform 
certain operation and maintenance activities associated with the so-
called Copperton Tailings Property and a portion of the Bingham Creek 
Channel with respect to work ARCO previously completed in response to 
various administrative orders issued by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency. Contribution and other potential claims of ARCO 
against the United States are also resolved.
    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. Atlantic 
Richfield Company, Civil No. Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, and D.J. Ref. # 
90-11-2-1065. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public 
hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of 
RCRA.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for 
the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84111, at 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, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 3rd Floor,

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Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $7.75 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. 99-16113 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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