[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20643]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Sections 107 and 
113 of CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on July 17, 2001, the United States 
lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Texas, in United States v. Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, Civ. A. No. H-00-0226, pursuant to sections 107 and 
113 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves civil claims of the United States against Union Pacific 
Railroad Company (``Union Pacific''), the former owner and operator at 
the time of disposal of hazardous substance at the Brownsville Federal 
Courthouse Site (the ``Site'') located in the City of Brownsville, 
Cameron County, Texas. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Union Pacific 
agrees to pay $300,000 of the United States' past response costs 
related to the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States  v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 
DOJ No. 90-11-3-07036. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, Houston, Texas, and the General Services Administration, Fritz 
G. Lanham Building, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102-6195. A 
copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 761, Washington, 
DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check for reproduction 
costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $4.50 for the Decree, 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-20643 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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