[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47830-47831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6992]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Two Consent Decrees Between the United 
States of America and Midland Refining Company, Inc., Clear Water 
Trucking Company, Inc., Rosann Harpster, and Lewis W. Williams Under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 10, 2006, 
two proposed Consent Decrees in the case of United States v. Midland 
Refining Company, Inc., Clear Water Trucking Company, Inc., Rosann 
Harpster, and Lewis W. Williams, Jr., Civil Action No. 06-1200-JTM, has 
been lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Kansas.
    The Complaint sought the recovery of costs incurred in connection 
with response actions taken by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency at the 57th and North Broadway Superfund Site in 
Wichita, Kansas.
    Under the terms of the first Consent Decree (the Midland Consent 
Decree), Midland Refining Company, Inc., Clear Water Trucking, Inc., 
and Rosann Harpster will make payments to the United States totaling 
$79,000. Under the terms of the second Consent Decree (the Williams 
Consent Decree), Lewis W. Williams, Jr. will make payments to the 
United States totaling $110,000.03, and will make additional payments 
of a percentage of the gross income derived from certain ``Property'' 
as defined in the Consent Decree. In exchange, the United States will 
provide a covenant not to sue and contribution protection to all of the 
Defendants.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments

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relating to the Consent Decrees. 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. Midland Refining Company, Inc., et 
al., Civil Action No. 06-1200-JTM (D. Kan.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1737/1.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decrees may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. Copies 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 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 $6.75 for the Midland Consent Decree, in the 
amount of $8.50 for the Williams Consent Decree, or in the amount of 
$15.25 for both Consent Decrees (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6992 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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