[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29842]
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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 versus Peirce, Civil Action No. 83-CV-1623, was
lodged on November 6, 1996, with the United States District Court for
the Northern District of New York. The United States has filed claims
against eight direct defendants, pursuant to Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, seeking to recover the approximately
$5.3 million in past and future costs associated with the first
operable unit at the York Oil Superfund Site (``Site''), located in
Moira, New York, that will not be reimbursed pursuant to the consent
decree that was entered by the United States District Court for the
Northern District of New York on August 10, 1996. These eight direct
defendants have filed third-party claims against about 40 third-party
defendants. The United States has entered into a settlement with seven
of the eight direct defendants and 17 of the 40 third-party defendants.
Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the parties have agreed to pay to
the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $2,225,000, plus interest running
from August 1, 1996.
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. 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 versus Peirce, DOJ Ref. Number 90-5-2-1-585.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at EPA Region 2,
(contact Doug Fischer, 212-637-3180); 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 $13.25 (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. 96-29842 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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