[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32290]


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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 Department 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 
that a proposed consent decree in United States v. City of Hastings, 
Concrete Industries, Inc., Cooperative Producers, Inc., Desco 
Corporation, Dutton-Lainson Company, Dravo Corporation, and Morrison 
Enterprises, Civil Action No. 8:03-351, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Nebraska on December 23, 
2003.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States 
against the Defendants under sections 106 and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for the Area-Wide Operable 
Unit 19 at the Hastings Ground Water Contamination Site, located in 
Hastings, Nebraska.
    The Consent Decree requires the Defendants to implement the interim 
remedial action for the Area-Wide OU 119 at the Site, pay $2,250,000.00 
of past response costs incurred by the United States, and pay all of 
the United States' future response costs (estimated $175,000.00). Of 
that, the Settling Federal Agency, U.S. Navy, will pay $205,000, plus 
6% of interim costs, estimated to be an additional $12,000. The EPA 
estimates the interim remedial action will cost $700,000.00. EPA's past 
costs are $2.626,910.00.
    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. City of Hastings, et al. D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-1112/5.
    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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VII, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. A copy of the Consent 
Decree may 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 $14.25 (for decree without appendices) or $38.50 (for 
Decree with appendices) and please reference United States v. City of 
Hastings, et al. D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1112/5.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. or by faxing or e-mailing a request to 
Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj. gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-32290 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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