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

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[Federal Register: August 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 152)]
[Notices]
[Page 45778-45779]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 30, 2008, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. Morrison Enterprises, LLC, and Cooperative
Producers, Inc., Civil Action No. 8:08-00332-JFB-TDT, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
    In this action, the United States sought an order requiring
defendants to perform the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
selected environmental remedy and to reimburse the United States for
costs incurred and to be incurred, in response to releases and
threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment at and
from the FAR-MAR-CO Subsite of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination
Site in Hastings, Nebraska. The Subsite consists of a grain operations
facility, where ground water is contaminated by carbon tetrachloride
and ethylene dibromide. The Consent Decree provides that defendants
will perform the remedial action at the Site, pay $32,287 in past
response costs, which represents 100% of EPA's past costs, and pay
future response costs.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the
Department of

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Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to pubcomment-
ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In either case, the comments should
refer to United States v. Morrison Enterprises, LLC, and Cooperative
Producers, Inc., Civil Action No. 8:08-00332-JFB-TDT, D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-431/2.
    The decree may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, Omaha,
Nebraska, 68102. During the comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined on the following Department of Justice website: http://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $38.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury or, if by
e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree
Library at the stated address.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-18044 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
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