[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8578]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, the Department of Justice 
gives notice that two proposed consent decrees in the case captioned 
United States v. Avanti Development, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 
IP01-402-C-B/S (S.D. Ind.) were lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Indiana on March 26, 2001. The 
proposed consent decrees relate to the Avanti Superfund Site (the 
``Site'') in Indianapolis, Indiana.
    The proposed consent decrees would resolve certain civil claims of 
the United States for recovery of unreimbursed past response costs 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against 
the following defendants: Avanti Development, Inc.; Big V Associates; 
Quemetco, Inc., RSR Corporation, and Quemetco Metals, Ltd. f/k/a Murph 
Metals, Inc., f/k/a Southern Lead Corp. (and their alleged predecessors 
Western Lead Products Co. and Indiana Smelting Corp.); The Doe Run 
Resources Corp. 
(f/k/a St. Joe Minerals Corp.); Oxide and Chemical Corp., American 
Oxide Corp., Indiana Oxide Corp., and Oxide Services Corporation d/b/a 
O&C Corporation; Johnson Controls, Inc. and Johnson Controls Battery 
Group, Inc. (as successor to Globe Union, Inc.); Brodey & Brodey, Inc.; 
Honeywell International Inc. (f/k/a AlliedSignal Inc., f/k/a Allied 
Corporation, f/k/a Allied Chemical Corporation, as successor to the 
Prestolite Division of Eltra Corporation); Exide Corporation and 
General Battery Corporation; J. Solotken & Company, Inc.; Ace Battery, 
Inc.; Alter Barge Line, Inc. (and its corporate affiliates Alter Co., 
Alter Trading Corp., and Alter Trading Co., L.C.); Indiana Battery Co., 
Inc.; The Recycling Group, Inc. (as the alleged successor to Fred 
Schuchman Co., Schuchman Metals, Inc., SMI Industries, Inc., Langsdale 
Metals, Inc, Indianapolis Materials Recycling Facility, Inc., J. Kasle 
& Sons, Inc, Kasle Recycling, Inc., and Kasle Recycling Metallic 
Resources Corp.); SW Industries, Inc.; Oscar Winski Co., Inc.; Sugar 
Creek Scrap, Inc.; TDY Holdings, LLC and TDY Industries, Inc. (as the 
alleged successors to A.H. Wirz Co. or A.J. Wirz Co.); and SARCO, Inc. 
(as alleged successor to J. Kasle & Sons, Inc, Kasle Recycling, Inc., 
and Kasle Recycling Metallic Resources Corp.) and Barry Schuchman, 
individually. Taken together, the two proposed consent decrees--
captioned ``Consent Decree with Settling Landowners'' and ``Consent 
Decree with Non-Landowner Settling PRPs''--would provide for payment of 
$1.24 million toward the United States' past response costs associated 
with the Site.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. Avanti Development, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 
IP01-402-C-B/S (S.D. Ind.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06099.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 10 
West Market Street, Suite 2100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (contact 
Harold Bickham (317-226-6333)); and (2) the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604 (contact Kevin Chow (312-353-6181)). Copies of the 
proposed consent decrees may also be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting copies, please refer to the above-
referenced case name and DOJ Reference Number, and enclose a check made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library for $26.25 for both consent 
decrees (105 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost), $9.50 for 
the ``Consent Decree with Settling Landowners only (38 pages at 25 
cents per page), or $16.75 for the ``Consent Decree with Non-Landowner 
Settling PRPs'' only (67 pages at 25 cents per page).

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-8578 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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