Pollution control; consent judgments: Moses Lake, Port of,

[Federal Register: March 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 51)]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Port of Moses Lake, No. CS-98-0057-FVS (E.D. Washington), was lodged on February 23, 1998, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. With regard to the Defendants, the Consent Decree resolves a claim filedby the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq. The United States sought past costs and performance of work.

The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection with the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site located near Moses Lake, Washington. The Consent Decree provides that the Settling Defendant will perform work by installing a new water supply and reimburse the United States a total of $56,538.26 for past costs incurred by the United States at the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Port of Moses Lake, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1040.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, 920 Riverside, Suite 300, Spokane, Washington 99201; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $16.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 98-6841Filed3-16-98; 8:45 am]

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