[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3002-3003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1240]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Armco Inc., Civil Action No. C2-95-698, was lodged on
December 22, 1997, with the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Ohio.
The proposed consent decree provides for the payment by defendant
Armco Inc. for past costs incurred by the United States in connection
with the Fultz Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located near
Cambridge, Ohio. Under the consent decree, the United States will
provide Armco Inc. with a covenant not to sue or take administrative
action pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, in connection with
the Site, subject to certain restrictions and limitations. The consent
decree also restricts actions that Armco Inc. may take regarding
litigation or settlement with others not party to the consent decree.
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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Armco Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-856A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 280 N. High Street,
4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215; the Region 5 Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW.,
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page
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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1240 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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