[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19383]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Settlement Agreement 
Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, the Department of Justice 
gives notice that a proposed consent decree in United States and State 
of Indiana, et al. v. American Chemical Service, Inc. et al., No. 
2:00CV430JM (N.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Indiana on July 12, 2000.
    The United States and the State of Indiana brought the action 
pursuant to various federal and state statues, including Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover natural resource damages resulting from 
the release of hazardous substances at the American Chemical Service 
Superfund Site in Griffith, Lake County, Indiana (``Site''). The 
Complaint alleged that at relevant times the Defendants (or their 
successors) owned or operated the Site at the time of disposal of 
hazardous substances at the Site, or arranged for disposal or treatment 
or arranged with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment 
of hazardous substances owned or possessed by that Defendant (or 
successor) at the Site. The Complaint alleges claims against 39 parties 
who either owned or operated the Site, or who arranged for treatment of 
disposal of hazardous substances at the Site.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants will pay 
$250,000 for the acquisition of certain real property proposed for 
restoration as a replacement for the injured natural resources at the 
Site, and $50,000 for natural resource restoration activities at the 
property to be acquired. In addition, the Settling Defendants will pay 
up to $30,000 toward the federal and state natural resource damage 
assessment costs, with the federal and state natural resource damage 
assessment costs, with the federal and state governments splitting that 
amount on a pro rata basis.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to DOJ No. 90-11-2-1094/4.
    The proposed stipulation and settlement agreement may be examined 
at: (1) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 620 S. Walker, Bloomington, 
Indiana, (812) 334-4261; and (2) the Office of the United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1001 Main St., Ste. A, 
Dyer, Indiana 46311-1234, (219) 322-8576.
    A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
reference case and DOJ Reference Number 90-11-2-1094/4, and enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.00 for the consent decree (24 pages at 25 
cents per page reproduction costs), or $16.75 for the consent decree 
and its appendices (67 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-19383 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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