[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19205-19206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3519]


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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 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 that on March 31, 2006, a proposed Remedial Design/Remedial 
Action Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Dravo 
Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 8:01-cv-500 (D. Nebraska) was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Nebraska.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States against Defendants 
Dravo Corporation, Desco Corporation and Desco Corporation d/b/a 
Marshalltown Instruments, Inc. under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607, for recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Colorado 
Avenue Subsite (``Subsite'') of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination 
Superfund Site located in Adams County, Nebraska. The Decree requires 
the Defendants to pay $7.3 million in partial reimbursement of EPA's 
past response costs. In addition, the Decree requires the Defendants to 
continue to implement and complete implementation of several components 
of the interim remedy selected by EPA for the Subsite, and to pay EPA's 
costs of oversight. The interim work to be performed by the Defendants 
is expected to cost about $3.5 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 States v. Dravo Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 8:01-cv-
500 (D. Nebraska) D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1260/1.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney for the District of Nebraska, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, 
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1506, and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. Fifth 
Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the public comment period, the 
Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy

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of the 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 $57.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a 
copy without the appendices, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$12.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3519 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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