[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 38216] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-18092] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 16, 1999, a proposed consent decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Meydenbauer Development Co., Civil Action No. 2:98-CS-00147 WFN was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. In this action, the United States sought to recover costs incurred and to be incurred in response to the release of hazardous substances at the Deaconess Hospital Superfund Site in Chelan County, Washington (``Site'') pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). The Consent Decree requires Defendants Meydenbauer Development Co. and M. Tyrone Morgan to pay to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $5,000 in reimbursement of the United States past response costs. The settlement amount is based upon the Defendants ability to pay. In exchange, the United States will grant the Defendants a covenant not to sue pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for past response costs incurred by the United States. The Defendants also will receive contribution protection for the United States' past response costs pursuant to section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2). The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. Meydenbauer Development Co., Civ. No. 2:98-CS-00147 WFN (E.D. Wash.), DJ No. 90-11-2-1365. The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 300 United States Courthouse, Spokane, WA 99210-1494, at U.S. EPA Region X, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, and at the Consent Decree Liberty, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $5.25. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 99-18092 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M