[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 74971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31876]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Between the United States of 
America and Erwin Grant and the Real Property Located at 3368 N.E. 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 19, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') in the case of 
United States of America v. Erwin Grant and Real Property Located at 
3368 N.E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Civil Action No. 00-1536-
BR (D. Or.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Oregon.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of costs incurred 
in connection with the response action taken at the Grant Warehouse 
Superfund Site, located at 3368 N.E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, 
Portland, Oregon. The Consent Decree requires Erwin Grant, acting 
through his conservator, Ken Grant, to sell the Grant Warehouse to the 
Portland Development Commission, and to provide in the purchase and 
sale agreement that $88,500 (an amount expected to be half of the sale 
price) of the proceeds will be paid to the United States in 
reimbursement of response costs. In exchange, the United States will 
provide a covenant not to sue and contribution protection applicable to 
both the Grant Warehouse property and to Erwin Grant personally.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States of America v. Erwin Grant and Real Property Located at 
3368 N.E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06611/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Oregon, 1000 SW Third Ave., Suite 6000, 
Portland, OR 97204-2902, and at U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 98101. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree 
may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent 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 or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury for payment.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-31876 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]
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