Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on March 22, 1999, a Consent

Decree was lodged in United States v. Butterfield Joint Venture, Ltd.,

Civil Action No. 2:99CV-0182J with the United States District Court for

the District of Utah.

The Complaint in this case was filed under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the

Midvale Slag Superfund Site located in Midvale, Utah against

Butterfield Joint Venture, Ltd. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent

Decree, which resolves claims under the above-mentioned statute the

settling defendant agrees to pay $125,000 to the United States to

reimburse response costs incurred at the Site and the United States

convenants not to sue the settling defendant for further response costs

incurred by the United States at the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Buttefield Joint Venture, Ltd., DOJ

Ref. No. 90-11-3-1194.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, District of Utah, 185 South Street, Suite 400,

Salt Lake City 84111, or at the offices of the Environmental Protection

Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado,

80202. Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may also be

obtained in person or by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. When requesting a copy of

the decree by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.16 for a

copy (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the

``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-7971 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]

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