Notice of Extension of Comment Period on Consent Decree Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as Amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6928

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Extension of Comment Period on Consent Decree Under the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as Amended, 42

U.S.C. Sec. 6928

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that notice and comment

period for the proposed Consent Decree lodged on October 16, 1998 with

the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in United

States v. FMC Corporation, Inc., Civil Action No. 98-0406-I-BLW, is

being extended through December 18, 1998. The original notice of this

proposed settlement was published in the Federal Register on November

2, 1998, Vol. 63, No. 211, Pg. 58769. Informational meetings about the

settlement and the Consent Decree will be conducted by the Department

of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency in Pocatello at

Cavanaugh's Quality Inn, 1555 Pocatello Creek Rd., from 4:00 to 8:00

p.m., on November 30, 1998, and on the Shoshone-Bannock Fort Hall

Reservation, Housing Authority Conference Room, 161 Wardance Circle,

from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on December 1, 1998.

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. FMC

Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-889.

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

States Attorney, 877 W. Main Street, Suite 201, Boise, Idaho 83702, at

U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, ORC-158, Seattle, Washington

98101, the Idaho State University Library, Government Documents

Department, 850 South 9th Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (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., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of $12.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost), with attachments a check in the amount of $20.75,

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-32033 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]

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