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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decrees Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that two proposed Partial Consent Decrees in

United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas et al., Civil Action No. 93-4098-JLF

(S.D. Ill.) entered into by the United States and a number of

defendants and third-party defendants, were lodged on October 10, 1996,

with the United States District Court for the Southern District of

Illinois. The proposed Partial Consent Decrees resolve certain claims

of the United States under Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42

U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the M.T. Richards, Inc. Site (``Site'') in

Crossville, Illinois.

Under the terms of the first Partial Consent Decree (``Group

Decree''), a group which includes defendants ANR Pipeline Company,

Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company, and a

number of third-party defendants (collectively, the Settling

Defendants''), as well as the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force (on

behalf of the Kentucky Air National Guard) (collectively, the

``Settling Federal Agencies'') shall pay the United States a total of

$680,740, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in

return for the United States' covenant not to sue for past response

costs incurred at the Site.

The second Partial Consent Decree with defendant Kentucky Petroleum

Recycling, Inc. (``KPR Decree'') requires KPR to pay the United States

$25,000, plus interest as specified in the Partial Consent Decree, in

return for the United States' covenant not to sue KPR for past response

costs incurred at the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Partial Consent Decrees for 30 days following publication of

this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Kenneth L. Thomas

et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1112. Both proposed Partial Consent

Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for

the Southern District of Illinois, IL-S USA, Suite 300, 9 Executive

Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; the Region V Office of the

United States 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, telephone no.

(202) 624-0892. A copy of either, or both, proposed Partial Consent

Decrees 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, please specify which Partial Consent Decree is

desired, and enclose a check (25 cents per page for reproduction costs)

in the amount of $22.00 for the Group Decree, and/or a check in the

amount of $6.25 for the KPR Decree, payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-27266 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]

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