Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to CERCLA

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to CERCLA

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

Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States of America v. Waste Disposal Inc. et al., Civil Action

No. 96-2124JWL was lodged on March 12, 1996 with the United States

District Court for the District of Kansas.

In its Complaint, filed concurrently with the United States

District Court for the District of Kansas, the United States alleges

under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and

9607(a), that the defendants are liable for implementation of the

remedial action and reimbursement of response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the United States at the Doepke Holliday Superfund Site

(``Site'') located in Johnson County, Kansas.

Under the proposed Consent Decree, 70 Settling Defendants

(including 33 de minimis parties) and two Settling Federal Agencies

(the United States Air Force and the United States Army Reserve) have

agreed to finance and implement the final remedial action for the Site

which EPA estimates will cost approximately $11,000,000. The Settling

Defendants will also pay 100% of EPA's future response costs, including

EPA's oversight costs for remedial implementation. Finally, the

Settling Defendants have agreed to pay all of the United States'

outstanding past response costs in the amount of $1,341,520.89.

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 Acting

Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources

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

refer to United States of America v. Waste Disposal Inc. et al., DOJ

Ref. No. 90-11-3-600.

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

United States Attorney, 500 State Avenue, Suite 360, Kansas City,

Kansas 66101; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy

please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $29.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-7898 Filed 4-1-96; 8:45 am]

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