[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14033]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 5, 1999, a proposed Partial 
Consent Decree in United States v. Michael P. Eason, et al., Civil 
Action Number 98-2859 G V, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
    In this action the United States seeks to recover past response 
costs incurred by the United States at the Memphis Container Site (aka 
Tri-State Drum Site) (``the Site''), located at 1761 Warford Road, 
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. The Partial Consent Decree resolves 
certain claims pursuant to section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607, against defendants Buckman Laboratories, Inc. (``Buckman''), 
Perma-Fix of Memphis, Inc. (``Perma-Fix''), Croda Inks, Corporation 
(``Croda Inks''), IBC Manufacturing Company (``IBC''), and Memphis 
Light, Gas & Water Division (``Memphis Light''). Under the proposed 
Partial Consent Decree, defendants Buckman, Perma-Fix, Croda Inks, IBC, 
and Memphis Light will collectively pay $600,000 to the United States 
for past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Partial 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Michael P. Eason, et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1352.
    The Partial Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Suite 800, 167 
North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38103, at U.S. EPA Region 4, 
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303, and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-14033 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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