[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23111]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United 
States v. Centel Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 02-4090 was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Dakota on August 30, 2002.
    The Decree resolves the United States' claims against Centel 
Corporation under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 
U.S.C. 106 and 107, Section 311 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 
1321, and Section 1002 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), 33 
U.S.C. 2702, for past response costs incurred at the Fawick Park site 
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Decree requires Centel to pay the 
United States $1.9 million and to waive any claims it might have 
against the United States relating to removal activities at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Centel Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 02-
4090, D.J. 90-5-1-1-07686/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, 230 South Phillips, 
Suite 600, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104, and at U.S. EPA Region 
VIII, 999 Eighteenth Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 2044-7611, or by fax from Tonia Fleetwood, fax number 
(202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting 
a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-23111 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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