Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 112 / Friday, June 9, 2000 / Notices 36717

and Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9622, notice is hereby given that on May

26, 2000, two proposed Consent Decrees

in United States v. Elsa MorganSkinner, et al., Civ. Action No. C–1–00–

424, were lodged with the United States

District Court for the Southern District

of Ohio. The first Consent Decree

represents a settlement of claims of the

United States for recovery of response

costs incurred by the United States in

connection with the Skinner Landfill

Superfund Site (Site) in West Chester,

Ohio, under Section 107(a) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

9607(a), against Elsa Morgan-Skinner

and seventy-two (72) other potentially

responsible parties (PRPs) that

contributed hazardous substances to the

Site. Under the terms of the Consent

Decree (the Remedial Action or ‘‘RA

Consent Decree’’), the Settling

Generator/Transporter Defendants,

including approximately sixty-six (66)

companies, (Work Parties) will

implement an EPA-approved remedial

action which includes, among other

things, the construction of a cap over a

former dump and buried waste lagoon

area; and the interception, capture and

treatment of contaminated groundwater

located down-gradient from the capped

area. The Settling Owner/Operator

Defendant Elas Morgan-Skinner, the

current Site owner, agrees to grant

access to and restrictive use covenants

on the Site, and resolve her liability by

selling an option to purchase the Site for

$5,000 to the Work Parties. A portion of

the proceeds of any such sale will be

deposited into an account known as the

Skinner Landfill Special Account. Two

Settling Federal Agencies, the General

Services Administration and the

Defense Logistics Agency, will pay

$602,599.12 into the Skinner Landfill

Special Account. Finally, the Settling

De Minimis Federal Agencies, including

the United States Army, United States

Air Force, United States Information

Agency and the United States Postal

Service, each of which contributed less

than 1% of the total volume of waste at

the Site, will pay $87,804.29 into the

Skinner Landfill Special Account.

Eighty percent of the funds in the

Special Account will be available for

disbursement to the Work Parties for

their remediation work. In exchange for

these payments and performance of the

remedial action, each of the Settling

Defendants under the RA Consent

Decree will receive covenants not to sue

and contribution protection. The second Consent Decree resolves

the United States’ claims for recovery of

response costs incurred at the Site

against seven municipalities, including

the Cities of Blue Ash, Deer Park,

Madiera, Mason, Sharonville and the

Villages of Lincoln Heights and Monroe,

each of which contributed municipal

solid waste (MSW) to the Site. Under

the terms of this Consent Decree (known

as the ‘‘MSW Consent Decree’’) the

Settling Municipalities will pay a total

of $17,218 into the Skinner Special

Account. These funds will be made

available to the Work Parties for their

remediation work. In exchange for this

payment, each of the Settling

Municipalities will receive a covenant

not to sue and contribution protection. The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the proposed Consent

Decrees. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General of the

Environmental and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, 950

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Elsa Morgan-Skinner et al. Civ.

Action No. C–1–00–424, D.F. Ref. Nos.

90–11–3–1620, 90–11–6–118, 90–11–6–

128.

The Consent Decrees may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, 220 United States Post

Office & Courthouse, 100 E. 5th Street,

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202, and at the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590. A copy of the Consent Decrees

may also be obtained by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611,

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington,

DC 20044–7611. In requesting a copy of

the Consent Decree, please enclose a

check payable to the Consent Decree

Library in amount of $65.50 for both

Consent Decrees; or $60.00 (240 pages at

25 cents per page reproduction cost) for

the RA Consent Decree; or $5.50 (22

pages at 25 cents per page reproduction

cost) for the MSW Consent Decree.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environmental & Natural Resources Division.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under The Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on May 23,

2000, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Riverside Plating

Company, Inc. et al., Civil Action No.

00–C–0320 was lodged with the United

States District court for the Western

District of Wisconsin.

This consent decree represents a

settlement of claims brought against

Riverside Plating Company, Inc.

(‘‘Riverside Plating’’) and Richard J.

Bouziane under Section 107 of CERCLA,

42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of costs

incurred by the United States in

responding to the release or threatened

release of hazardous substances at and

from the Riverside Plating Superfund

Site in Janesville, Wisconsin. John C.

Bouziane, Michael J. Bouziane,

Bouziane Enterprises, Bouziane Plating,

the Ruth Bouziane Trust, the Bouziane

Family Trust and the Estate of Ruth

Bouziane are also parties to the consent

decree.

Under the proposed settlement,

Riverside Plating and Richard Bouziane

will, inter alia, pay the United States

$50,000 in partial reimbursement of

response costs incurred by the United

States in connection with the Riverside

Plating Superfund Site.

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,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Riverside Plating Company,

Inc. et al, D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–06129/2.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, 660 West Washington Ave.,

Suite 200, Madison, Wisconsin, and at

U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. 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, D.C.

20044–7611. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction

cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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