[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60211-60212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25900]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 2, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Whiteford Kenworth, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 3:99 CV 0055AS, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for teh Northern District of Indiana.
    The Consent Decree settles an action brought under Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., (``CERCLA'') for the recovery of past 
costs incurred by the United States in responding to releases or 
threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Whiteford Sales & 
Service Site, located in South Bend, Indiana. The proposed settlement 
set forth in the Consent Decree addresses the liability of four 
defendants in this action, each of which has been named as an owner 
and/or operator of the Site. Under the terms of the proposed decree, 
the settling defendants will pay the United States a total of $350,000 
in settlement of the United States' past costs claims against them.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
Consent Decrees. Comments should be addressed

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to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, 
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Whiteford 
Kenworth, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06145.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 204 South Main Street, 
South Bend, Indiana 466001, and at United States Environmental 
Protection Agency Region V, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. 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. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-25900 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
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