[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1093]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree
in United States v. Pneumo Abex Corporation, et al., Civil Action No.
2:96-CV-27, was lodged on January 4, 1996 with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The decree
requires Pneumo Abex, with assistance from the City of Portsmouth,
Virginia and the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, to
perform operable unit one of the cleanup of the Abex Superfund site
located in Portsmouth. The decree also requires Abex to reimburse past
costs of response incurred by the United States.
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. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d), the
Department will also hold a public meeting concerning the settlement
near the site, if such a meeting is requested.
Comments, and any request for a public meeting, 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. Pneumo Abex Corporation, et al., DOJ
Ref. # 90-11-3-255A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, U.S. Court House, 600 Granby Street, Norfolk,
VA 23510; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,
841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107; 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 $46.25 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1093 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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