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

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2662]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that on January 23, 1996, a proposed consent 
decree was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado in United States v. Interstate Distribution Center 
Associates, Ltd., et al., CA No. 96-M-136. The proposed consent decree 
settles claims asserted by the United States, at the request of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United 
States Department of the Army, and by the State of Colorado for 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the 
Chemical Sales Superfund Site near Denver, Colorado. The persons and 
entities named as defendants are Interstate Distribution Center 
Associates, Ltd., Crow Watson #9, Ltd., J. McDonald Williams, Trammell 
Crow Foundation, Ltd., TCF, Inc., Crow Family 1991 Limited Partnership, 
Mill Spring Holdings, Inc., Robert Watson, Norman Bledsoe, Gary D. 
Shafer, and Joel C. Peterson.
    In the complaint, the United States and State asserted claims 
pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9607(a), for recovery of costs that have been and will be incurred 
in response to releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances 
at the Chemical Sales Superfund Site near Denver, Colorado. The consent 
decree includes a covenant not to sue, subject to certain reservations, 
under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and 
9607(a), and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et 
seq., as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1980 
and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, for performance 
of the remedial actions and for recovery of past and future Response 
Costs incurred by the United States in connection with the Chemical 
Sales Facility. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Defendants have 
made the following commitments: (1) Pay a total of $1.5 million in 
three payments of $500,000, $750,000, and $250,000, commencing ten days 
after the decree is entered and continuing annually for two years; and 
(2) pay 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the IDCA property.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and 
should refer to United States v. Interstate Distribution Center 
Associates, Ltd., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-748B. Commenters may 
request a public meeting in the affected area in accordance with 
Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree and exhibits may be examined at the 
following locations: The Region 8 Office of EPA, 999 18th Street, Suite 
500, Denver, Colorado. The complete Administrative Record for the 
Chemical Sales Superfund Site may be reviewed at the same location.
    A copy of the Consent Decree and exhibits (if requested) may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. In 
requesting copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2662 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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