[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61509-61510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8746]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on September 25, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree 
(``Decree'') in United States of America v. Union Pacific Railroad 
Company, Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-00115-BSJ was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division.
    The Decree resolves the United States' claims against Union Pacific 
Railroad Company (``Union Pacific'') pursuant to sections 106 and 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  9606, 
9607(a), seeking (1) the performance of studies and response work by 
the Defendant at the Ogden Rail Yard Site (``Site'') in Weber County, 
Utah, consistent with the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Pollution Contingency Plan, as amended, 40 CFR part 300 (``National 
contingency Plan''); and (2) to recover funds expended by the United 
States in response to a release and threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Site.
    Under the terms of the CD, Union Pacific will reimburse EPA for 
outstanding response costs of $20,779 and perform cleanup work at the 
Site valued at $4,500,000. Portions of the Site are contaminated with 
polyaromatic hydrocarbons, solvents, and metals including lead. In 
addition to paying for outstanding response costs and performing 
cleanup work at the Site, Union Pacific will reimburse EPA for all 
future oversight costs.
    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

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20044-7611, and should refer to United States of America v. Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-08568.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt 
Lake City, Utah 84111. During the public comment period, the Decree may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
    A copy 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 $4.50 payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-8746 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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