Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree with Trinity

Industries, Inc. and Mosher Steel Company in United States v. Trinity

Industries, Inc., et al., No. 97-2598-EEO, was lodged on March 24,

1998, with the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

In this action, brought under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 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 the Settling Defendants will pay to the EPA Hazardous

Substance Superfund $130,804. A previous Consent Decree lodged with the

Court provides that ASARCO will pay to the Superfund $318,212.

Approximately $450,000 in costs are outstanding.

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. Trinity 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 $4.25

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

Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 98-8700 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]

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