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

On November 15, 1999, the United States lodged a proposed consent

decree in the case of United States v. East Charleston and Fogg, and

Harold Gerecht, CV-S-97-000760-DWH(RJJ), in the United States District

Court for the District of Nevada. The consent decree settles and action

brought by the United States pursuant to Sections 104 and 107 of the

Comprenhensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. 9604, 9607, to recover the costs incurred in conducting a

1993 removal action at an approximate 10 arce parcel located at 6247

East Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada (``site'').

The consent decree requires the defendants to sell the site and to

use the proceeds from that sale to reimburse EPA for up to $537,768 of

EPA's response costs, or 52.5 percent of the site costs. The consent

decree also requires the United States on behalf of the United States

Air Force to pay $486.552 toward the response costs, or 47.5 percent of

the site costs. Removal costs, including interest, total $1,024,320.

The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to this

consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this

publications. See 28 CFR 50.7. Address your comments to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and send a copy of the

Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301

Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105. Your comments should

refer to United States v. East Charleston and Fogg, and Harold Gerecht,

CV-S-97-000760-DWH(RJJ), and DOJ No. 90-11-3-1742.

A copy of the consent decree may be obtained by mail from the

Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044. Your request for a copy of the consent decree in

United States v. East Charleston and Fogg, and Harold Gerecht, CV-S-97-

000760-DWH(RJJ), and DOJ No. 90-11-3-1742, and must include a check for

$8.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent

Decree Library.'' You may also examine the proposed consent decree in

person, or request a copy by mail from the United States Environmental

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California

94105, or at the U.S. Attorney's Office, 700 E. Bridger Avenue, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89101.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-30790 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]

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