[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31002]
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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
In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7,
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action
entitled United States of America v. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol
Corporation, Civil Action No. 97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), was
lodged on November 3, 1998 with the United States District Court for
the Northern District of New York. The proposed consent decree resolves
potential claims of the United States, on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, against third-party defendants the
Village of Sidney, New York, and the Towns of Sidney, Masonville, and
Tompkins, New York, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-
9675. These claims are for recovery of response costs incurred and to
be incurred by the United States in connection with the Sidney Landfill
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Delaware County, New York.
Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the Village of
Sidney will pay $46,597.60, the Town of Sidney will pay $10,812.00, the
Town of Masonville will pay $3,696.75, and the Town of Tompkins will
pay $1,762.25 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs
incurred and to be incurred by the United States with respect to the
Site.
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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol Corporation, Civil Action No.
97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-1128C.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 445 Broadway, Room 231, Albany, New York 12207;
the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866; and the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained
in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the
amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) made payable to
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31002 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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