[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38214-38215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18089]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, the Department of Justice 
gives

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notice that a proposed consent decree in the case captioned United 
States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 
IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Indiana on June 30, 1999. The 
proposed consent decree relates to the Ingram-Richardson Superfund Site 
and the Augustus-Hook Superfund Site, both located near Frankfort in 
Clinton County, Indiana. The proposed consent decree would resolve 
certain civil claims of the United States for recovery of past response 
costs under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against 
all seven defendants in the pending litigation concerning the two 
Sites, namely Cuyahoga Management Corporation; John B. Hook; Albert A. 
Augustus; Edward P. Cawley; Hook Associates; 815 Realty, Inc.; and 
Augustus & Hook Associates (f/k/a Chester Associates). The proposed 
consent decree would require the seven Settling Defendants to pay the 
United States a total of $2.75 million ($1419 million for the Ingram-
Richardson Site and $1.331 million for the Augustus-Hook 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 decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action 
No. IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.) and DOJ Reference Nos. 90-11-2-1202 and 
90-11-3-06374.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, United 
States Courthouse--Fifth Floor, 46 E. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 
46204 (contact Harold R. Bickham (317-226-6333)); (2) the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Karen L. Peaceman (312-353-
5751)); 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 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 copies, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Numbers and enclose a check for $11.75 (47 pages at 25 cents 
per page reproduction cost), made payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18089 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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