[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55748-55749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26824]
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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
Consistent with Departmental policy 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 4, 1999, a
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn
& Co., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 83-547-B, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The
proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against the K.J. Quinn & Co.,
Inc., relating to the Mottolo Superfund Site (``Site'') located in
Raymond, New Hampshire. The K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., was previously
adjudicated liable under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 96097(a).
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., has
agreed to reimburse to the United States $2,000,000 for costs incurred
and to be
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incurred by the DPA at the Mottolo Site after May 1, 1990. Costs that
were incurred by the DPA prior to May 1, 1990, were addressed in a
previous consent decree with the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc. The K.J. Quinn
& Co., Inc., has already paid $1,445,949 of the $2,000,000 amount and
is to make the remaining payment of $554,051, along with interest from
October 16, 1998, within 7 days of entry of this 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. Any 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 v. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., et
al., Civil Action No. 83-545-B, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-17.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street,
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 and at Region I, Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress St., Boston, MA 02203. A
copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from
the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $6.50
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Belber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26824 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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