[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6535]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 966(d)(2), and 28 
CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 1, 2000, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. James E. Nichols, et al. Civil 
Action No. IP97-2007 C, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Indiana for a period of thirty days 
to facilitate public comment.
    This Consent Decree represents a settlement of claims of the United 
States against Denver Smith and Rex A. Warthen (``Settling 
Defendants''), for reimbursement of response costs in connection with 
the Custom Finishing Site (``Site'') pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq. Under this settlement with the United States, the Settling 
Defendants will pay $160,000, plus interest, for reimbursement of past 
response costs in connection with the Custom Finishing Site (``Site'') 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resource Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. James E. Nichols, 
et al., DOJ No,. 90-11-3-1766.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, U.S. Courthouse, Fifth 
Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317/226-6333), and 
at the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (312/886-6630).

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-6535 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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