[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23377]


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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. Sherwood Medical Company, Civ. No. 8:96CV486, was lodged on 
August 30, 1996 with the United States District Court for the District 
of Nebraska. The proposed Consent Decree requires Sherwood Medical 
Company (``Sherwood'') to implement a remedial action consistent with 
the Record of Decision and the Explanation of Significant Differences 
issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the Sherwood Medical 
Company site (``site'') located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The Consent 
Decree also requires Sherwood to reimburse the United States for all 
outstanding response costs incurred and to be incurred at the site. 
Contemporaneously with lodging the Consent Decree, the United States 
filed a complaint alleging that Sherwood is an owner or operator of the 
site within the meaning of Sections 107(a)(1) and 107(a)(2) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1) and 9607(a)(2), and that Sherwood 
arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances at the site within 
the meaning of Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(3); and 
thus, is liable for cleanup and response costs incurred in remediating 
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 Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Sherwood Medical Company, DOJ Reference Number 90-11-2-993.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region VII 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of 
the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $31.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-23377 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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