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attachments, then the amount of the

check should be $106.75 (427 pages at

25 cents per page). The check should be

made payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–796 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Amendment to

Modified Consent Decree Pursuant to

the Clean Water Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that on December

31, 1996, a proposed Amendment to the

Modified Consent Decree in United

States of America v. Lynn Water and

Sewer Commission, et al., Civil Action

No. 76–2184–G, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

District of Massachusetts. The United

States’ complaint sought compliance

with the Clean Water Act. The Modified

Consent Decree, as amended in 1995,

requires the construction of various

projects to reduce combined sewer

overflows from Lynn Water and Sewer

Commission outfalls in accordance with

a specified schedule. The Amendment

to the Modified Consent Decree extends

the deadline for completion of one of

those projects—the Eastern Avenue

Sewer Separation Project, Phase II—

from September 1, 1997 to December 31,

1998.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Amendment to Modified Consent

Decree for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Lynn Water and

Sewer Commission, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–

5–1–1–545B.

The proposed Amendment to

Modified Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 1003 John M.

McCormack P.O. & Courthouse, Boston,

Massachusetts 02109 and at the New

England Region office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, One

Congress St., Boston, Massachusetts

02203. The proposed Amendment to

Modified Consent Decree may also be

examined at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G. St., N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, 202–624-0892.

A copy of the proposed Amendment to

Modified Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. St.,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $1.25

(25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.’’

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment & Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–798 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree in United States v. Janet

Schusheim, et al., Civil Action No. 97–

0019, was lodged on January 2, 1997

with the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of New York.

Defendant Janet Schusheim was the

former owner of the property

comprising the SMS Instruments, Inc.

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in Deer Park,

New York at the time wastes containing

hazardous substances were disposed of

at the Site. Defendant 120 Realty Corp.

is the current owner of the Site

property.

Under the terms of the proposed

decree, defendants will pay the United

States $290,000 for certain past response

costs incurred by the United States for

remedial action work involving air and

steam stripping of contaminated soil

and groundwater extraction, treatment,

and reinjection. The proposed decree

includes a covenant not to sue by the

United States under Sections 106 and

107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et

seq.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposes

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. Janet

Schusheim, et al. D.J. reference #90–11–

2–1123A.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Eastern District

of New York, 225 Cadman Plaza East,

Brooklyn; New York, the Region II,

Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New

York; and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W. 4th floor,

Washington, D.C. 2005, (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 please

enclose a check in the amount of $7.25

(25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–797 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, notice is hereby given that a

proposed consent decree in United

States v. Western Crude Reserves, Inc. et

al, Civil Action No. 95–52, was lodged

on October, 1994 with the United States

District Court for Eastern District of

Kentucky, Lexington division. Under

the consent decree the United States is

settling claims against two defendants,

Western Crude Reserves, Inc. and

Reserve Energy, Ltd., based on claims

for civil penalties and injunctive relief

relating to alleged violations of the Safe

Drinking Water Act (‘‘SDWA’’) and the

implementing Underground Injection

Control (‘‘UIC’’) regulations, 40 C.F.R.

§ 144.28 et seq. The United States

alleged that Reserve Energy, Ltd. and

Western Crude Reserves, Inc. once

owned and operated, respectively, 113

underground injection wells in the

Irvine, Garrett and South Fork units in

the Irvine-Furnace field in Powell and

Estill Counties, Kentucky. Reserve

Energy, Ltd. is a limited partnership.

Western Crude Reserves, Inc. is the

corporate general partner of Reserve

Energy. In 1993, Reserve Energy

transferred the wells to defendant Kish

Resources PLC. Under the proposed

settlement, Western Crude Reserves,

Inc. and Reserve Energy, Ltd. will

provide $75,000 in financial assurance

for plugging abandoned injection wells,

and the field will be transferred to a

nonparty, Trinity Group, LLC.

(‘‘Trinity’’), for the purpose of bringing

the wells into regulatory compliance

pursuant to a schedule set forth in an

Administrative Order on Consent

(‘‘AOC’’) entered between Trinity and

EPA. Under the AOC, Trinity will

provide $50,000 in financial assurance

and will plug or case and cement the

injection wells over the course of three

years. Under this settlement, EPA will

obtain the injunctive relief it seeks to

bring the field into compliance, plus a