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 24, 1999, a Consent

Decree was lodged in United States v. Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc. et

al., Civil Action No. 98-55-M-LBE, with the United States District

Court for the District of Montana.

The Consent Decree resolves contribution claims brought on behalf

of the National Institutes of Health (``NIH'') against defendants

Charles Mann, Mary Louise Mann, and Bitterroot Valley Sanitary

Landfill, Inc under Sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as

amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, with respect to the

Bitterroot Valley Sanitary Landfill and surrounding areas (the

``Site''). The Site is located in Hamilton, Montana. Under the proposed

consent decree, defendants Charles Mann, Mary Louise Mann, and

Bitterroot Valley Sanitary Landfill, Inc will pay $440,000 in

contribution for response costs incurred by the National Institutes of

Health (``NIH'') for response costs incurred in connection with 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Rivi Immunochem Research, Inc., Civil Action No.

NO.98-55-M-LBE, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1713. The proposed Consent Decree

may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, District

of Montana, United States Attorney's Office, Russell Smith Courthouse,

201 E. Broadway, Room 210 Missoula, Montana 59802. Copies of the

Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005

(202-624-0892). When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check

in the amount of $3.25 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction

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costs) for the Consent Decree, payable to the ``Consent Decree

Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-9144 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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