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. Atlantic Richfield Company,

Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, 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 (the ``Site'') southwest of Salt

Lake City, Utah.

The Decree resolves claims against Atlantic Richfield Company

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

9607, as well as Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973, with respect to

the Site as specifically defined in the Decree. ARCO will perform

certain operation and maintenance activities associated with the so-

called Copperton Tailings Property and a portion of the Bingham Creek

Channel with respect to work ARCO previously completed in response to

various administrative orders issued by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency. Contribution and other potential claims of ARCO

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.

Comments 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. Atlantic

Richfield Company, Civil No. Civil No. 2:95 CV 698S, and D.J. Ref. #

90-11-2-1065. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public

hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of

RCRA.

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,

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Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in

the amount of $7.75 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. 99-16113 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]

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