Extension of Comment Period for Comments Regarding the Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Extension of Comment Period for Comments Regarding the Lodging of

a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.

Sec. 9601 et seq.

Notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment to Consent

Decree in United States v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Civil

Action Nos. IP 83-9-C and IP 81-448-C, was lodged on June 3, 1997, with

the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

The proposed amendment to consent decree provides for the

performance of a removal action with respect to the sludge drying beds

and sludge digesters at the Winston-Thomas Wastewater Treatment

Facility, located in Bloomington, Indiana. The proposed amendment

leaves all other portions of the consent decree, originally lodged with

the Court on August 22, 1985, unchanged.

On June 9, 1997, The Department of Justice commenced a thirty day

period to receive comments relating to the proposed consent decree.

This period will be extended, and the Department of Justice will review

comments that are received by the Department on or before July 25,

1997. 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.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-212A.

The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the

office of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana,

U.S. Courthouse, 46 East Ohio St., 5th Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana

46204-1986; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; the Monroe County

Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47408; 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 amendment to 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 $2.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-18800 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]

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