Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices 60211

Decree Library, P.O. Box No. 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a

copy, please refer to the referenced

matter and enclose a check in the

amount of $9.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Therm-O-Rock West,

Inc., Civil No. 00–1849 was lodged on

September 28, 2000, with the United

States District Court for District of

Arizona.

The consent decree settles claims for

civil penalties and injunctive relief

against Therm-O-Rock for: civil

penalties and injunctive relief pursuant

to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act,

42 U.S.C. 7413(b), based on Therm-ORock’s violations of Subparts A and

UUU of the New Source Performance

Standards (‘‘NSPS’’), 40 CFR Part 60.

Pursuant to the consent decree ThermO-Rock will pay a civil penalty of

$25,000.

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 decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. ThermO-Rock West, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90–5–2–1–

2233.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, for the District of

Arizona, 230 North First Ave Phoenix,

AZ 85025; and the Region IX Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency,

75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA.

A copy of the proposed consent decree

may be obtained by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act and

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on September 28, 2000, a

proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. TPI Petroleum, Inc., Civil

Action No. 1:00–CV–732, was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the Western District of Michigan.

The Consent Decree resolves certain

claims of the United States against TPI

Petroleum, Inc. under Sections 106 and

107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607(a) and Section 7003 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973 at the

former Organic Chemical, Inc. facility

(‘‘the Site’’) in Grandville, Kent County,

Michigan. The defendant has been

named as a former owner/operator of

the Site at the time that hazardous

substances were disposed of at the Site.

The settlement requires the settling

defendant to make payment of $674,431,

plus interest from June 1998, for past

response costs incurred by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency in

connection with the Site and for settling

defendant to perform the soil

component of EPA’s selected second

phase or Operable Unit for the Site’s

remediation.

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 Decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, United

States Department of Justice, P.O. Box

7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

DC 20044–7611, and should refer to

United States v. TPI Petroleum, Inc.,

Civil Action No. 1:00–CV–732, and the

Department of Justice Reference No. 90–

11–3–990A. Commenters may request

an opportunity for a public hearing in

the affected area, in accordance with

Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.

6973(d), by contacting Jerome Kujawa

(EPA Region 5) at (312) 886–6731.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Western District

of Michigan, 330 Ionia Avenue, NW.,

Suite 501, Grand Rapids, Michigan

49503; the Region 5 Office of the United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590. A copy of

the proposed Consent Decree may also

be obtained by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben

Franklin Station, Washington, DC

20044–7611. In requesting a copy,

please refer to DJ #90–11–3–990A, and

enclose a check in the amount of $18.50

(25 cents per page for reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environmental and Natural

Resources Division.

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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 October

2, 2000, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Whiteford Kenworth,

Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 3:99 CV

0055AS, was lodged with the United

States District Court for teh Northern

District of Indiana.

The Consent Decree settles an action

brought under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.,

(‘‘CERCLA’’) for the recovery of past

costs incurred by the United States in

responding to releases or threatened

releases of hazardous substances at the

Whiteford Sales & Service Site, located

in South Bend, Indiana. The proposed

settlement set forth in the Consent

Decree addresses the liability of four

defendants in this action, each of which

has been named as an owner and/or

operator of the Site. Under the terms of

the proposed decree, the settling

defendants will pay the United States a

total of $350,000 in settlement of the

United States’ past costs claims against

them.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the Consent

Decrees. Comments should be addressed