[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 53363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20691]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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


  

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 
section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given on August 7, 2002, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Dutton-Lainson Company, Civil Action No. 8:02CV366, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Nebraska.
    This Consent Decree resolves claims of the United States' against 
Dutton-Lainson Company (``Dutton Lainson'') under Sections 106 and 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for recovery of response 
cost incurred and to be incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Well #3 Subsite (``Subsite''), one 
of seven subsites of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination Superfund 
Site located in Hastings, Nebraska. The Consent Decree requires Dutton-
Lainson Company to implement EPA's selected remedial action for the 
Subsite, pay $333,119.76 in reimbursement of response costs, and pay 
EPA's future oversight costs at the Subsite.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States v. Dutton-Lainson Company, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-1112/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, 
Omaha, Nebraska, and at EPA Region VII, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. When requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction 
costs payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' in the amount of $15.25 (for 
Decree without appendices) or $33.50 (for Decree with appendices), and 
please reference United States v. Dutton-Lainson Company, D.J. Ref. 90-
11-2-1112/1.

Catherine R. McCabe,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-20691 Filed 8-14-02; 8:45 am]
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