[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28015-28016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12788]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on April 23, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States and State of Arizona 
v. Arizona Public Service Company, Civil Action Number 03-0767-PHX-PGR, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Arizona.
    In the civil action, the United States and the State of Arizona 
alleged claims against Arizona Public Service Company (``APS'') under 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of 
costs incurred in responding to a release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances at and from the South Indian Bend Wash Superfund 
Site in Tempe, Arizona (the ``Site''). The proposed Consent Decree 
requires APS to pay the United States $2,320,000 and to pay the Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality (``ADEQ'') $400,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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

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States and State of Arizona v. Arizona Public Service Company, DOJ Ref. 
 90-11-2-413/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Two Renaissance Square, 40 N. Central, Suite 1200, 
Phoenix, Arizona and at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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, or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, 
[email protected], Fax No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-12788 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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