[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26816-26817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12718]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Northwest Pipe & Casing 
Co. v. United States under the Comprehensive Environment Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States and 
State of Oregon versus Hall No. 97-683HA (D. Ore.), entered into by the 
United States on behalf of U.S. EPA, the State of Oregon, on behalf of 
the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (``DEQ'') and Wayne C. 
Hall, Jr. was lodged on April 29, 1997 with the United States District 
Court for the District of Oregon. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
certain claims of the United States against Wayne C. Hall, Jr., 
relating to the Northwest Pipe & Casting Site in Clackamas County, 
Oregon. Under the Decree, Mr. Hall will, inter alia pay the United 
States $1,058,500 and will also convey real property to the Oregon 
Department of Environmental Quality (``DEQ''), as trustee, which will 
hold the property for the benefit of U.S. EPA, DEQ, and Northwest Pipe 
& Casing Co. in accordance with the terms of the proposed Consent 
Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. Comments 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 and 
State of Oregon v. Hall D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1557A. Commenters may 
request an opportunity for public meeting in the affected area in 
accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 888 S.W. 5th Ave., 
Suite 1000, Portland, OR 97204-2024; the Region 10 Office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 
98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of

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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 of the proposed Consent Decree, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $18.50 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section; Environment and 
Natural Resources Division
[FR Doc. 97-12718 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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