[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20748]


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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, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on July 21, 1999, the United States of America, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the 
District of Idaho alleging that defendants FMC Corporation (``FMC'') 
and the J.R. Simplot Company (``Simplot'') are liable under Sections 
106 and 107 the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607, for the 
implementation of EPA's selected remedy for the Eastern Michaud Flats 
Superfund Site near Pocatello, Idaho (``the Site''), and for the 
reimbursement of all costs incurred by the United States on behalf of 
EPA in response to the release of hazardous substances at the Site. The 
action is styled United States v. FMC Corporation, Civil Action No. 99-
296-E-BLW (D. Idaho). On the same day, the United States lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Consent 
Decrees with FMC and Simplot resolving the United States' claims in 
this action.
    The Consent Decree requires FMC and Simplot to implement EPA's 
selected remedy for the Site, and to reimburse the United States for 
$614,456.11, which represents the full amount of unreimbursed costs 
incurred by the United States on behalf of EPA in response to releases 
of hazardous substances from the 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 Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. FMC, DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-889/1.
    The proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the Region 10 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 553-1504, and may be obtained from the Office 
of the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, P.O. Box 32, 
Boise, Idaho 83707 (208) 334-1211. Copies of either or both of the 
proposed Consent Decrees may also be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting copies please refer to United States v. FMC, 
No. C99-296-E-BLW (D. Idaho), and enclose a check payable to the 
Consent Decree Library in the amount of $20.75 for the Consent Decree 
with FMC (83 pages at 25 per page reproduction costs, not including 
attachments) and $18.50 for the Consent Decree with Simplot (74 pages 
at 25 cents per page reproduction costs not including attachments).
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 99-20748 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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