[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18620]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX Transportation, Inc.; 
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago 
and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T Corp., No. 97-1004JO, (D. 
Oregon), was lodged on June 30, 1997, with the United States District 
Court for the District of Oregon. With regard to the Defendants, the 
Consent Decree resolves a claim filed by the United States on behalf of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Environmental Pacific Corporation Site located approximately 
42 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. The Consent Decree provides 
that the Settling Defendants will reimburse the United States a total 
of $666,137 for past costs incurred by the United States at 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company; CSX 
Transportation, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Northwest 
Enviroservice, Inc.; Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company; and AT&T 
Corp., DOJ Reg. #90-11-2-1080 A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 888 S.W. 5th Avenue, Portland, 
Oregon 97204; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In 
requesting a copy refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in 
the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-18620 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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