[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 92 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27006-27007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10389]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2008, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Daniel Rapier et al., Civil Action No. 
06cv1686, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Indiana.
    In this cost recovery action brought pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
the United States sought recovery of unreimbursed past response costs 
and prejudgment interest incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency at the Laurel Stone Church Road Superfund Site 
located near Laurel in Franklin County, Indiana. Under the proposed 
consent decree, Franklin County, Indiana, Gale Hornsby, and Juanita 
Hornsby will pay a total of $350,000 to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund. This amount was determined based on the Hornsbys' ability to 
pay a judgment as calculated by a Department of Justice financial 
analyst, and the County's ability to pay a judgment as calculated by an 
independent financial analyst hired by the Department of Justice. In 
addition, under the proposed consent decree Daniel Rapier and Naomi 
Rapier will pay a total of $45,000 to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to 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, 
and mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States v. Daniel Rapier et 
al., Civil No. 06cv1686 (S.D. Ind.) and D.J. Reference No. 90-11-3-
08896. The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office 
of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 10 
W Market St., Suite 2100, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 226-6333; and 
(2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Jeffrey 
A. Cahn (312-886-6670)). During the comment period, the proposed 
consent decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html.
    A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
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 refer to the referenced case and D.J. 
Reference No. 90-11-3-08896, and enclose a check in the amount of $7 
for the consent decree (28 pages at 25 cents per page

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reproduction costs), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-10389 Filed 5-9-08; 8:45 am]
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