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 CFR Sec. 50.7 and 42

U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent

Decree in United States versus Stanley and Shirley Hodes, Civil Action

No. 95-1813-ST, was lodged on July 2, 1997 with the United States

District Court for the District of Oregon. The complaint alleged that

Defendants Stanley and Shirley Hodes are liable as owners of the Allied

Plating Site in Portland, Oregon. Pursuant to Section 107(a) (1) and

(2) of the CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a)(4)(A), the complaint also

alleges that the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') incurred

costs for response actions set at and in connection with the Site.

The proposed Consent Decree provides that the Defendants will pay

$300,000 to the United States for the past investigation and removal

costs incurred and paid by EPA. The proposed Consent Decree also

provides that the United States covenants not to sue the defendants

under both Sections 107(a) and 113(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

Sec. Sec. 9607(a) and 9613(g).

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 versus Stanley and Shirley Hodes, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-276A.

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

United States Attorney, 888 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1000, Portland,

Oregon 97204-2024; the Region X Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle Washington 98101; 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 $9.50 (25

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 97-19171 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]

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