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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on January 7, 1999 a proposed Consent

Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Anne Zabel, et al, Civil Action

No. CIV98-4162, was lodged with the United States District Court for

the District of South Dakota. 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

Zabel Battery Site in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Anne Zabel and

the City of Sioux Falls. The proposed Consent Decree will recover

response costs of $201,350.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to, United States v. Anne Zabel

Civil Action No. CIV98-4162, and D.J. Ref. #90-11-2-1205.

The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of

Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field

Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado, 80202

and 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, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$4.75 for the Decrees (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. 99-2077 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]

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