[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34953-34954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12200]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 
(``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 
1, 2002, a proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. 
Interstate Power and Light Company, Kansas City Power and Light 
Company, and City of Mason City, Iowa, Civil Action No. CO2-3030-MWB, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Iowa.
    The Complaint filed in the above-referenced matter alleges that 
Interstate Power and Light Company, Kansas City Power and Light 
Company, and the City of Mason City, Iowa (``Defendants'') are liable 
under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), for costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') as a result of the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at or in connection with the 
Mason City Coal Gasification Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in 
Mason City, Iowa. The Complaint, which was filed simultaneously on May 
1, 2002, with the Decree, sought response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in connection with the Site. Under the 
proposed Decree, the Defendants shall implement the remedy selected by 
EPA for the Site, pay $23,678 in reimbursement of response costs, and 
pay EPA future oversight costs at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Interstate Power and Light Company, Kansas City and 
Light Company, and City of Mason City, Iowa, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-07398.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 North 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. A copy of the proposed Decree may 
also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the proposed Decree, 
please refer to the referenced case number and enclose a check in the 
amount of $51.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-12200 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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