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, the Department of Justice

gives

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notice that a proposed consent decree in the case captioned United

States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action No.

IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District

Court for the Southern District of Indiana on June 30, 1999. The

proposed consent decree relates to the Ingram-Richardson Superfund Site

and the Augustus-Hook Superfund Site, both located near Frankfort in

Clinton County, Indiana. The proposed consent decree would resolve

certain civil claims of the United States for recovery of past response

costs under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against

all seven defendants in the pending litigation concerning the two

Sites, namely Cuyahoga Management Corporation; John B. Hook; Albert A.

Augustus; Edward P. Cawley; Hook Associates; 815 Realty, Inc.; and

Augustus & Hook Associates (f/k/a Chester Associates). The proposed

consent decree would require the seven Settling Defendants to pay the

United States a total of $2.75 million ($1419 million for the Ingram-

Richardson Site and $1.331 million for the Augustus-Hook Site)

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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United

States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Cuyahoga Management Corporation, et al., Civil Action

No. IP97-1599C Y/S (S.D. Ind.) and DOJ Reference Nos. 90-11-2-1202 and

90-11-3-06374.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of

the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, United

States Courthouse--Fifth Floor, 46 E. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN

46204 (contact Harold R. Bickham (317-226-6333)); (2) the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Karen L. Peaceman (312-353-

5751)); and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural

Resources Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd

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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting copies, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ

Reference Numbers and enclose a check for $11.75 (47 pages at 25 cents

per page reproduction cost), made payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-18089 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]

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