[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18092]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 16, 1999, a 
proposed consent decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. 
Meydenbauer Development Co., Civil Action No. 2:98-CS-00147 WFN was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Washington.
    In this action, the United States sought to recover costs incurred 
and to be incurred in response to the release of hazardous substances 
at the Deaconess Hospital Superfund Site in Chelan County, Washington 
(``Site'') pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). The Consent Decree requires 
Defendants Meydenbauer Development Co. and M. Tyrone Morgan to pay to 
the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $5,000 in reimbursement of the 
United States past response costs. The settlement amount is based upon 
the Defendants ability to pay. In exchange, the United States will 
grant the Defendants a covenant not to sue pursuant to section 107(a) 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for past response costs incurred by the 
United States. The Defendants also will receive contribution protection 
for the United States' past response costs pursuant to section 
113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2).
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Meydenbauer Development Co., Civ. No. 2:98-CS-00147 WFN (E.D. Wash.), 
DJ No. 90-11-2-1365.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 300 United States Courthouse, Spokane, WA 99210-1494, 
at U.S. EPA Region X, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, and at the 
Consent Decree Liberty, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of 
$5.25.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18092 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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