Pollution control; consent judgments: Northwest Development Co.,

[Federal Register: April 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 76)]

[Notices]

[Page 19749-19750]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in United States v. Northwest Development Company Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Northwest Development Company, No. 98-416HU (D. Ore.), has been entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA; Oregon on behalf of the Department of Environmental Quality; Northwest Development Company, an Oregon general partnership comprised of Mark Lanoue and Wallace Earl Downs, Sr.; Mark Lanoue and Christine Rollins Lanoue, as trustees for the Mark Lanoue Trust; and Wallace Earl Downs, Sr., and Deborah Phillips Downs, as trustees for the Wallace Earl Downs, Sr. Living Trust, and was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on April 2, 1998. The proposed

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Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States and Oregon against the settling parties relating to the Northwest Pipe & Casing Site in Clackamas County, Oregon. Under the Decree, the settling parties will, inter alia, pay the United States $200,000 plus interest.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Northwest Development Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1557C. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 888 S.W. 5th Ave., Suite 1000, Portland, OR 97204-2024; the Region 10 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Bruce S. Gelber, Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-10429Filed4-20-98; 8:45 am]

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