[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27268]
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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. Vigeant, Civil Action No. 96-11986NG (D.
Mass.), was lodged on October 4, 1996, with the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed consent decree
resolves 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''), for response costs incurred by EPA in connection with
a removal action taken at a facility located 5 Greenleaf Street,
Newburyport, Massachusetts (``Facility''), which is owned by defendant
Joyce Vigeant (``Vigeant''). Under the proposed consent decree, Vigeant
has agreed to make best efforts to sell the Facility and, at the time
of the closing of the sale, to direct the closing agent to pay to EPA
the net proceeds from the sale, up to the amount of the outstanding
obligation of M&V Electroplating Corporation (``M&V'') pursuant to a
separate settlement agreement (``M&V Agreement'') entered into by M&V
and the United States in a bankruptcy proceeding entitled In re M&V
Electroplating Corp., Chapter 11 Case No. 95-12868-CJK (Bankr. D.
Mass.). M&V, which operated an electroplating business at the Facility,
has agreed to pay EPA $192,820, plus 6% simple interest on $38,564 of
this amount, over a period of eight years. The payment made to the
United States from the proceeds of the sale of the Facility will reduce
the obligation of M&V by the amount of the payment.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fifteen
(15) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent 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. Vigeant, DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-945D.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at EPA Region 1, One
Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts (contact Amelia Katzen, 617-565-
1133); and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 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 N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27268 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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