Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Farmland Industries, Inc., et al.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Farmland

Industries, Inc., et al.

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

9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Farmland Industries, Inc. and Cooperative Producers,

Inc., Civil Action No. 4: 96CV3076, was lodged on March 18, 1996 with

the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. The

Consent Decree addresses the responsibility of Farmland Industries,

Inc. and Cooperative Producers, Inc. for the clean-up of contamination

at the FAR-MAR-CO Subsite of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination

Superfund Site in Hastings, Nebraska. The Consent Decree provides for

payment by the Defendants of $954,019.00 for past EPA response costs;

the performance of certain components of the remedial action for the

Subsite at an estimated cost of $1.2 to $1.5 million; and payment of

certain future response costs incurred by the United States in

connection with the FAR-MAR-CO Subsite.

The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to

the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Farmland Industries, Inc. and Cooperative

Producers, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1393. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance

with section 7003(d) of the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act, 42

U.S.C. 6973 (RCRA).

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

United States Attorney, 215 North 17th St., Zorinsky Federal Building,

Room 7401, Omaha, Nebraska; 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 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 please refer to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $44.55 (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. 96-8050 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]

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