[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27905]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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, 38 FR 19029,
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 7, 1999,
a proposed consent decree in United States v. General Electric Company,
Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed consent
decree resolves certain claims against General Electric Company
(``GE'') under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606
and 9607; section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973; and section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1319, regarding the disposal, release and/or threat of release
of hazardous substances and/or wastes from the GE facility in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts and related areas. Pursuant to the proposed
settlement, GE shall reimburse the United States for certain past and
future response costs; implement certain clean up measures at the GE
facility, surrounding areas, and in the Housatonic River; and
compensate the United States for natural resource damages. The total
value of the settlement is estimated to exceed $250 million.
The proposed settlement also provides that the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') will issue a draft permit to
GE pursuant to the corrective action provisions of RCRA. Consistent
with 40 CFR 124.10, notice is hereby given of the draft RCRA permit
issued to GE pursuant to the corrective action provisions of RCRA. A
copy of the Fact Sheet describing the draft RCRA permit and the process
for the public to comment upon the draft permit may be obtained by
contacting Angela Bonarrigo, Community Relations Coordinator, EPA-New
England Region at (617) 918-1034.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of sixty (60)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, D.J.
Ref. 90-11-3-1479, and 90-11-3-1479z. Consistent with section 7003(d)
of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), the Department of Justice will provide an
opportunity for a public meeting to comment upon the proposed
settlement.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at either of the
following locations: (1) The Springfield Office of the United States
Attorney, District of Massachusetts 1550 Main Street, Suite 310,
Springfield, Massachusetts 01103; or (2) Region I, Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02203. A copy of the consent decree can be obtained my
mail (without attachments) from the Department of Justice Consent
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy
of the consent decree (without attachments), please enclose a check in
the amount of $102.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27905 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M
