[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20654]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on August 4, 2010, two proposed Consent 
Decrees (``Decrees'') in United States and the State of South Dakota v. 
Patricia F. Repke and the Ruth E. Hankins Revocable Trust, Case No. 
5:10-CV-05062-JLV, were lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of South Dakota, Western Division. The case was 
brought under Sections 107(a) and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a) and 9613(g)(2), for the recovery of response costs 
related to the cleanup at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site (``Site'') 
in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
    The Consent Decrees require Patricia F. Repke and the Ruth E. 
Hankins Revocable Trust to: (1) Confess to $235,000 and $450,000 
judgments, respectively; (2) agree to transfer the Site properties they 
own to the State of South Dakota; and (3) assign any insurance coverage 
related to the Site to the United States.
    The United States and the State of South Dakota filed a Complaint 
simultaneous with the Consent Decrees alleging that the Defendants are 
jointly and severally liable for response costs related to the cleanup 
at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site in Lawrence County, South Dakota. 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 9613(g)(2). The Consent Decrees would resolve the 
claims against the Defendants as described in the Complaint.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to the [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States and the State of South Dakota v. Patricia F. Repke and 
the Ruth E. Hankins Revocable Trust, Case No. 5:10-CV-05062-JLV, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-08278/3.
    The Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of South Dakota, 515 Ninth Street, Suite 201, Rapid 
City, South Dakota 57701. They also may be examined at the offices of 
U.S. EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. During 
the public comment period, the Decrees may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
    A copy of the Decrees may 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 copies from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $17.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost)($8.50 for a copy of the Consent Decree related 
to Patricia F. Repke)($8.75 for a copy of the Consent Decree related to 
the Ruth E. Hankins Revocable Trust) 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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-20654 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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