[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62073-62074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30540]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 30, 1997, a proposed partial
consent decree in United States v. North American Group Ltd., et al.,
Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-191-H was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
The partial consent decree resolves claims under 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a), as amended, against The North American
Group Ltd., North American Environmental Corp., Federal Environmental
Services, Federal Services, M.D. Babcock, Speer Mabry IV and Mark Odum,
for response costs that were incurred by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the release and
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Cherokee Site
(``Site'') in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The proposed consent decree provides that the aforementioned
settling defendants will pay $400,000 according to a payment schedule
set forth in the partial consent decree. The proposed consent decree
also requires the settling defendants to pay $15,000 as a civil penalty
for violating Section 104(e)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9604(e)(5),
for failing to comply with two information requests issued by EPA.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the partial
consent decree. 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. North American Group Ltd., et. al. D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1173
The partial consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Suite 1700 Carillon Building, 227 West Trade
St., Charlotte,
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North Carolina, at U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsythe St., N.E., Atlanta,
GA 30303, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the partial
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.
When requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.00
(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. 97-30540 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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