[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1092]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that a
consent decree in United States v. American Cyanamid Company, Inc., et
al., Civ. A. No. L-98-27, was lodged on January 7, 1998, with the
United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The consent
decree resolves the claims of the United States under Sections 106(a),
107(a), and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), for
reimbursement of response costs incurred at the Bush Valley Landfill
Superfund Site located in Harford County, Maryland and for declaratory
judgment as to liability that will be binding in actions to recover
further response costs related to the Site. The consent decree
obligates American Cyanamid Company, Inc. (formerly known as Cytec
Industries, Inc.), Bata Shoe Company, Inc., Browning-Ferris, Inc.
(formerly known as Eastern Disposal, Inc.), Case-Mason Filling, Inc.,
Cello Corporation, the city of Aberdeen, Maryland, the City of Havre de
Grace, Maryland, Constar Plastics, Inc., Covance Preclinical
Corporation (formerly known as Corning Life Sciences), Harford County,
Maryland, Harford Sanitation Services, Inc., Alco Industries, Inc.,
Maryland State Highway Administration, and McCorquodale Process, Inc.
to perform the remedial design and remedial action the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has selected for the Site.
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. American Cyanamid Company, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-2-1162.
The consent decree may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, 6625 U.S. Courthouse, 101 W. Lombard Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201; the Region III Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.
20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may be obtained in
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library 1120 G Street, NW,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $33.75 (25
cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree
library. Attachments to the consent decree can be obtained for an
additional $32.25.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1092 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M
