Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on December 2, 1994, a

Consent Decree inUnitedStatesv.PacifiCorpd/b/a Utah Power & Light

Company, Civil Action No. 94-C-1162W, was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of Utah.

The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, filed a complaint against PacifiCorp d/b/a Utah Power &

Light Company (``UP&L''), under Sections 106, 107, and 113(g)(2) of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 9607, and

9613(g)(2), with respect to the Utah Power & Light/American Barrel

Superfund Site located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under the Consent

Decree, UP&L has agreed to perform the remedy selected by EPA under

CERCLA for the Site, which involves remediating contaminated surface

and subsurface soils by way of asphalt batching. Any characteristic

wastes are to be incinerated. The groundwater is to be protected by

treating the sources of contamination through soil vapor extraction.

UP&L has also agreed to reimburse EPA for future response costs.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. PacifiCorp d/b/a Utah Power & Light

Company, Civil Action No. 94-C-1162W, Ref. No. 90-11-2-899. The

proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United

States Attorney General, District of Utah, 478 Frank E. Moss U.S.

Courthouse, 350 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101. Copies

of the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection

Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202-2466. When requesting a copy of the settlement agreement by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $20.75 (twenty-five cents per

page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-30828 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am]

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