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 March 9, 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., at the

Brooklyn Park Dump Site in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The Consent Decree

requires Defendant, the Estate of Arthur Wise, to reimburse the United

States in the amount of $50,000.

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, DC

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, DC 20005, telephone (202) 624-

0892. For a copy of the Consent Decree please enclose a check in the

amount of $4.25 (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. 98-7947 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]

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