Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 1999, a proposed Consent

Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Kennecott Holdings Corporation

et al., Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed this

action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.

9601, et seq., to recover the past response costs incurred at or in

connection with the Bingham Creek Channel Superfund Site southwest of

Salt Lake City, Utah.

The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Holdings

Corporation, formerly Kennecott Corporation, and Utah Copper Company

(``Kennecott'') under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606

and 9607, and Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 9673, with respect to the

Site as specifically defined in the Decree. Under the terms of the

Decree the United States will recover response costs in the amount of

$265,000. Contribution and other potential claims of Kennecott against

the United States are also resolved.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree.

Comment 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. Kennecott

Holdings Corporation, Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, and D.H. Ref. # 90-11-2-

1065. If requested, the United States will conduct a public meeting in

the vicinity of West Jordan, Utah.

The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for

the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake

City, UT 84111, at the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Superfund

Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)

624-0892. A copy of the 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 $8.50 for the Decree (25 cents per page reproduction

cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-16112 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]

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