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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree with ASARCO in United

States v. Trinity Industries, Inc., et al., No. 97-2598-EEO, was lodged

on November 24, 1997, with the United States District Court for the

District of Kansas.

In this action the United States sought the recovery of response

costs it incurred at the Kansas City Structural Steel Site in Kansas

City, Kansas. The Consent Decree provides that ASARCO will pay to the

United States $318,212 of approximately $450,000 in outstanding costs.

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. Trinty Industries, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-

789B.

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

United States Attorney, 500 State Avenue, Suite 360, Kansas City,

Kansas 66101; the Region 7 office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; 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 $4.00

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

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 97-32907 Filed 12-16-7; 8:45 am]

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