[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 42113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3750]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Delavan, Inc., Civil Action No. 07-331, was lodged on July 
25, 2007 with the United States District Court of the Southern District 
of Iowa. The United States filed this action pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
seeking clean up of groundwater contamination and recovery of costs 
incurred at the Southern Plume of the Railroad Avenue Site in West Des 
Moines, Iowa.
    The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims by requiring 
the defendant Delavan, Inc. to perform the clean up, at a cost of 
approximately $500,000 and to reimburse the United States for its 
future costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be address to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Delavan, Inc., DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-
09081.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse Annex, Suite 286, 110 
East Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2053, and at the Region VII 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 901 N. 5th Street, 
Kansas City, KS 66101. During the public comment period, the proposed 
consent decree may also be examined on the Department of Justice Web 
site, at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
proposed 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 number (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 $32.65 
(or $11.00, for a copy that omits the exhibits and signature pages) (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3750 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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