Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby

given that on January 29, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Cowles Media Company et al,, Civil No. 4-96-958, was lodged

in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The

Complaint filed by the United States sought to recover costs incurred

by the United States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The

Consent Decree requires Defendants Northern States Power Company and

Cowles Media Company to reimburse the United States in the amount of

$450.000.

The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044,

and should refer to United States v. Cowles Media Company, et al., D.J.

Ref. No. 90-11-2-1099.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following

offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota,

234 United States Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401

(contact Assistant United States Attorney Friedrich Siekert); (2) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Elizabeth Murphy); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies

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, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the

Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-4127 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]

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