[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18800]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Extension of Comment Period for Comments Regarding the Lodging of 
a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9601 et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment to Consent 
Decree in United States v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Civil 
Action Nos. IP 83-9-C and IP 81-448-C, was lodged on June 3, 1997, with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
    The proposed amendment to consent decree provides for the 
performance of a removal action with respect to the sludge drying beds 
and sludge digesters at the Winston-Thomas Wastewater Treatment 
Facility, located in Bloomington, Indiana. The proposed amendment 
leaves all other portions of the consent decree, originally lodged with 
the Court on August 22, 1985, unchanged.
    On June 9, 1997, The Department of Justice commenced a thirty day 
period to receive comments relating to the proposed consent decree. 
This period will be extended, and the Department of Justice will review 
comments that are received by the Department on or before July 25, 
1997. 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. 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-212A.
    The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the 
office of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, 
U.S. Courthouse, 46 East Ohio St., 5th Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 
46204-1986; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; the Monroe County 
Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47408; 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 amendment to 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 please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $2.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-18800 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]
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