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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that

on January 17, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.

Container Corporation of America, Civil Action No. C-3-91-469 (S.D.

Ohio) was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern

District of Ohio. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the hazardous

waste site known as the Miami County Incinerator and Landfill Site near

Troy, Miami County, Ohio. Under the proposed decree, CCA will pay $3.1

million to the Hazardous Substances Superfund to resolve claims for

past response costs and future oversight costs under Section 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607. The Decree reserves the right of the United

States to assert claims against CCA for all other matters, including

liability for future response costs other than oversight costs and

liability to perform response actions at the Site pursuant to Section

106 of CERCLA.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, P.O. Box

7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Container Corporation of America, Civil Action No. C-

3-91-469 (S.D. Ohio) and D.J. reference No. 90-11-3-759. The proposed

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

Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 602 Federal Building 200 West

Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402; at the Region 5 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,

4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. Copies 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 copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75

[[Page 6293]] (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-2463 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]

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