[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38573-38574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15592]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in

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United States v. Cotter Corporation, C.A. No. 00-WM-1076 (D. Col.), was 
lodged on May 25, 2000, with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado. The consent decree resolves the United States' 
claims against the Cotter Corporation with respect to past response 
costs incurred, pursuant to section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
in connection with the clean-up of the Lincoln Park Site. The Site is 
located near Canon City, Fremont, Colorado. Under the consent decree, 
defendant Cotter Corporation will pay the United States $52,500 in 
reimbursement of past response costs incurred in connection with 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 decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Cotter Corporation, DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-305-A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 1200, Denver, 
Colorado; and the Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado. A copy of the 
proposed decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15592 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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