[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8578]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, the Department of Justice
gives notice that two proposed consent decrees in the case captioned
United States v. Avanti Development, Inc., et al., Civil Action No.
IP01-402-C-B/S (S.D. Ind.) were lodged with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Indiana on March 26, 2001. The
proposed consent decrees relate to the Avanti Superfund Site (the
``Site'') in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The proposed consent decrees would resolve certain civil claims of
the United States for recovery of unreimbursed past response costs
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against
the following defendants: Avanti Development, Inc.; Big V Associates;
Quemetco, Inc., RSR Corporation, and Quemetco Metals, Ltd. f/k/a Murph
Metals, Inc., f/k/a Southern Lead Corp. (and their alleged predecessors
Western Lead Products Co. and Indiana Smelting Corp.); The Doe Run
Resources Corp.
(f/k/a St. Joe Minerals Corp.); Oxide and Chemical Corp., American
Oxide Corp., Indiana Oxide Corp., and Oxide Services Corporation d/b/a
O&C Corporation; Johnson Controls, Inc. and Johnson Controls Battery
Group, Inc. (as successor to Globe Union, Inc.); Brodey & Brodey, Inc.;
Honeywell International Inc. (f/k/a AlliedSignal Inc., f/k/a Allied
Corporation, f/k/a Allied Chemical Corporation, as successor to the
Prestolite Division of Eltra Corporation); Exide Corporation and
General Battery Corporation; J. Solotken & Company, Inc.; Ace Battery,
Inc.; Alter Barge Line, Inc. (and its corporate affiliates Alter Co.,
Alter Trading Corp., and Alter Trading Co., L.C.); Indiana Battery Co.,
Inc.; The Recycling Group, Inc. (as the alleged successor to Fred
Schuchman Co., Schuchman Metals, Inc., SMI Industries, Inc., Langsdale
Metals, Inc, Indianapolis Materials Recycling Facility, Inc., J. Kasle
& Sons, Inc, Kasle Recycling, Inc., and Kasle Recycling Metallic
Resources Corp.); SW Industries, Inc.; Oscar Winski Co., Inc.; Sugar
Creek Scrap, Inc.; TDY Holdings, LLC and TDY Industries, Inc. (as the
alleged successors to A.H. Wirz Co. or A.J. Wirz Co.); and SARCO, Inc.
(as alleged successor to J. Kasle & Sons, Inc, Kasle Recycling, Inc.,
and Kasle Recycling Metallic Resources Corp.) and Barry Schuchman,
individually. Taken together, the two proposed consent decrees--
captioned ``Consent Decree with Settling Landowners'' and ``Consent
Decree with Non-Landowner Settling PRPs''--would provide for payment of
$1.24 million toward the United States' past response costs associated
with the Site.
For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication,
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United
States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer
to United States v. Avanti Development, Inc., et al., Civil Action No.
IP01-402-C-B/S (S.D. Ind.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06099.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at: (1) The Office of
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 10
West Market Street, Suite 2100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (contact
Harold Bickham (317-226-6333)); and (2) the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604 (contact Kevin Chow (312-353-6181)). Copies of the
proposed consent decrees may also be obtained by mail from the
Department of Justice consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting copies, please refer to the above-
referenced case name and DOJ Reference Number, and enclose a check made
payable to the Consent Decree Library for $26.25 for both consent
decrees (105 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost), $9.50 for
the ``Consent Decree with Settling Landowners only (38 pages at 25
cents per page), or $16.75 for the ``Consent Decree with Non-Landowner
Settling PRPs'' only (67 pages at 25 cents per page).
W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-8578 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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