Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

Under C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 29,

1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Waste Management of

Kentucky, Inc., et al., Civil Action No: 90-0632-L(J), was lodged with

the United States Court for the Western District of Kentucky. This

Consent Decree will resolve our claims under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, for response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the United States at the Tri-City Industrial Disposal Site

in Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky (Site).

The Consent Decree requires defendants Waste Management of

Kentucky, LLC (successor to Waste Management of Kentucky, Inc.), Ford

Motor Company, and the Dow Corning Corporation (Settling Defendants) to

pay the United States $2,059,000 for past response costs incurred for

the Site. The Settling Defendants are currently complying with a CERCLA

Section 106 Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) addressing the

Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) for 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 consent

decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Waste Management of Kentucky, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-515.

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

States Attorney, 510 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; at U.S. EPA

Region 4, 61 Forsythe Street, SE, Atlanta, Georgia; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C., (202)

624-0892. A copy of the 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. When requesting a copy, please enclose a check

in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-24596 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]

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