[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1808]
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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, as
Amended
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action
entitled United States v. Tansitor Electronics, Inc. et al., Civil
Action No. 2:99-CV-14, was lodged on January 11, 1999, with the United
States District Court for the District of Vermont. The proposed consent
decree resolves the claims of the United States in a complaint filed
against Tanitor Electronics, Inc. (``Tansitor'') and Siemens
Communication Systems, Inc. (``Siemens'') (the ``Settling
Defendants''), pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607. In the compliant, which was filed with
the proposed decree, the United States seeks (1) recovery of past
unreimbursed response costs incurred by the United States at the
Tansitor Electronics, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located in
Bennington, Vermont, (2) recovery for injury to natural resources at
the Site, and (3) an order requiring Settling Defendants to implement
the remedy selected for the Site by EPA in a Record of Decision dated
September 29, 1995 (``ROD''). The Settling Defendants are current and
former owners and operators of the Site.
Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the Settling Defendants have
agreed to (1) Reimburse the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in the
amount of $300,000, (2) pay the United State's future oversight costs
in connection with the Site in excess of $40,000, (3) pay $21,000 to
the Department of the Interior with respect to damages to natural
resources at the Site, and (4) implement the remedy for the Site
selected by EPA in the ROD, which includes the filing of a restrictive
easement, long-term groundwater monitoring, and the implementation of
further studies of certain contingencies occur.
The State of Vermont is also a party to the settlement. The
Settling Defendants have agreed to reimburse Vermont for all future
oversight costs in excess of $10,000.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed decree. Any 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. Tansitor Electronics, Inc., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-3-
737A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined in EPA Region 1
(contact Audrey Zucker, 617-918-1788); and the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 614-0892. A
copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $91.50 (25 cents
per page reproduction costs) for the decree with all appendices, or in
the amount of $37.25 for the decree without Appendix A, which is the
ROD, payable to the Consent Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Enviromental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-1808 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
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