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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States

of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al., Defendants/

Counterclaimants v.

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United States of America, Counterdefendant, Civil Action No. 92-4032,

was lodged on December 15, 1995, with the United States District Court

for the District of South Dakota, Southern Division. The proposed

consent decree requires Tri-State Mint, Inc., Tri-State Professional

Recovery, Inc., Von Hoff International, Inc., and Robert Hoff, the

former owners/operators of the Tri-State Mint C Avenue site located in

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (``Site''), to pay the United States

$820,000.00 (plus specified interest accrued from August 17, 1995,

through the date of payment) in reimbursement of the United States'

past response costs incurred in connection with the release or

threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. General

Properties Corporation, one of the original defendants in this civil

action, was dismissed from this lawsuit on or about November 23, 1993,

and is not a party to this Consent Decree.

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 of America, Plaintiff v. Tri-State Mint, Inc. et al.,

Defendants/Counterclaimants v. United States of America,

Counterdefendant, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-696.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, District of South Dakota, 230 S. Phillips Ave.

#600 57102; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 999 18th Street--Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202; 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 of

the proposed decree and attachment, please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-601 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]

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