Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in United States v. Northwest Development Company Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19749-19750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10429]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in United States v. Northwest 
Development Company Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. 
Northwest Development Company, No. 98-416HU (D. Ore.), has been entered 
into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA; Oregon on behalf of 
the Department of Environmental Quality; Northwest Development Company, 
an Oregon general partnership comprised of Mark Lanoue and Wallace Earl 
Downs, Sr.; Mark Lanoue and Christine Rollins Lanoue, as trustees for 
the Mark Lanoue Trust; and Wallace Earl Downs, Sr., and Deborah 
Phillips Downs, as trustees for the Wallace Earl Downs, Sr. Living 
Trust, and was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Oregon on April 2, 1998. The proposed

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Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States and Oregon 
against the settling parties relating to the Northwest Pipe & Casing 
Site in Clackamas County, Oregon. Under the Decree, the settling 
parties will, inter alia, pay the United States $200,000 plus interest.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Northwest Development Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1557C. Commenters 
may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, 
in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 888 S.W. 5th Ave., 
Suite 1000, Portland, OR 97204-2024; the Region 10 Office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 
98101; 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 of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page for reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-10429 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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