[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54643-54644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26106]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Second Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a proposed Second Amendment to the
Consent Decree in United States of America and the State of New
Hampshire v. City of Somersworth, et al., Civil No. C-96-46-SD
(D.N.H.), was lodge with the United States District Court for the
District of New Hampshire on September 29, 1999. The proposed Second
Amendment concerns alleged liability of the United States and State of
New Hampshire, based on actions by the New Hampshire National Guard,
pursuant to sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607,
9613, regarding response actions by the City of Somersworth and the
General Electric Company at the Somersworth Sanitary Landfill Superfund
Site (``Site'') in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
The proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree would resolve
any potential liability which the New Hampshire National Guard may have
at the Site which may be attributable to the United States by requiring
the United States to pay $2,340.30 to the EPA Hazardous Substances
Superfund and $13,261.70 to the City of Somersworth
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and the General Electric Company in reimbursement for past and future
response costs at the Site. The State of New Hampshire will make
identical payments to resolve any potential liability which the New
Hampshire National Guard may have at the Site which may be attributable
to the State.
The U.S. Department of Justice will receive written comments
relating to the proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree for a
period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice.
Comments should be addressed to Harry M. Hughes, Trial Attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986,
Washington, D.C. 20026-3986 and should refer to United States of
America and the State of New Hampshire v. City of Somersworth, et al.,
Civil No. C-96-46-SD (D.N.H.), DJ# 90-11-6-05509.
The proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree may be examined
at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the District of
New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, room 110 Concord, New Hampshire
03301-3941 and at the Region I office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 1 Congress Street, suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. 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 $6.25
payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Letitia Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environmental and Natural
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-26106 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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