[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 17889] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-9452] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of Aberdeen, Mississippi; and Board of Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi, (N.D. Miss.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on March 26, 1998 (1:94cv304-S-D). The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims against the City of Aberdeen and the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended. This Decree also settles settling defendants' counterclaim against the United States. The settling defendants are alleged to be liable under Section 107 of CERCLA for costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency during a cleanup of the Prairie Metals Site in Monroe County, Mississippi. Under the Consent Decree, the settling defendants agree to reimburse the United States in the amount of $675,000, payable in two installments. 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, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044; and refer to United States v. City of Aberdeen et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2- 1074 The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Federal Building, Room 265, 911 West Jackson Avenue, Oxford, Mississippi, 38665 and at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 98-9452 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M