[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31768]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on Thursday, November 30, 2000, a consent decree was 
lodged in United States v. Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc., Civil Action 
No. 98-55-M-DWM, with the United States District Court for the District 
of Montana.
    This consent decree, between the United States, the State of 
Montana, and Corixa Corporation (successor to Ribi Immunochem Research, 
Inc.), provides that Corixa Corporation will pay $2.65 million in 
settlement of its alleged liability to the United States and Montana 
for past and future response costs related to contamination of the 
Bitterroot Valley Sanitary Landfill (``BVSL'') in Hamilton, Montana. 
The United States will receive $1.1 million of this payment, Montana 
will receive $450,000, and $1.1 million will be placed in an escrow 
account, with at least $900,000 of this amount to be used by Montana to 
fund future response actions related to contamination of the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1713. 
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office Russell Smith 
Courthouse, 201 E. Broadway, Room 210, Missoula, Montana 59802. A copy 
of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. 
When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$5.75 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library.''

Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-31768 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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