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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16112]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 1999, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Kennecott Holdings Corporation 
et al., Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed this 
action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9601, et seq., to recover the past response costs incurred at or in 
connection with the Bingham Creek Channel Superfund Site southwest of 
Salt Lake City, Utah.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Holdings 
Corporation, formerly Kennecott Corporation, and Utah Copper Company 
(``Kennecott'') under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607, and Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 9673, with respect to the 
Site as specifically defined in the Decree. Under the terms of the 
Decree the United States will recover response costs in the amount of 
$265,000. Contribution and other potential claims of Kennecott against 
the United States are also resolved.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comment 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. Kennecott 
Holdings Corporation, Civil No. 2:99CV0437K, and D.H. Ref. # 90-11-2-
1065. If requested, the United States will conduct a public meeting in 
the vicinity of West Jordan, Utah.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for 
the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84111, at the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Superfund 
Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $8.50 for the Decree (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. 99-16112 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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