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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to 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 in United States v. City of

Aberdeen, Mississippi; and Board of Supervisors of Monroe County,

Mississippi, (N.D. Miss.) was lodged with the United States District

Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on March 26, 1998

(1:94cv304-S-D). The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United

States' claims against the City of Aberdeen and the Board of

Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi pursuant to Section 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended. This Decree also settles settling

defendants' counterclaim against the United States. The settling

defendants are alleged to be liable under Section 107 of CERCLA for

costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency

during a cleanup of the Prairie Metals Site in Monroe County,

Mississippi. Under the Consent Decree, the settling defendants agree to

reimburse the United States in the amount of $675,000, payable in two

installments.

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,

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044; and

refer to United States v. City of Aberdeen et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-

1074

The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, Federal Building, Room 265, 911 West

Jackson Avenue, Oxford, Mississippi, 38665 and at the office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,

Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 please 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.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-9452 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]

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