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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.

Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX Transportation, Inc.;

Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago

and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T Corp., No. 97-1004JO, (D.

Oregon), was lodged on June 30, 1997, with the United States District

Court for the District of Oregon. With regard to the Defendants, the

Consent Decree resolves a claim filed by the United States on behalf of

the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.

The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection

with the Environmental Pacific Corporation Site located approximately

42 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. The Consent Decree provides

that the Settling Defendants will reimburse the United States a total

of $666,137 for past costs incurred by the United States at the Site.

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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX

Transportation, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest

Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T

Corp., DOJ Reg. #90-11-2-1080 A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 888 S.W. 5th Avenue, Portland,

Oregon 97204; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 97-18620 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]

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