[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32611]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Viacom
International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et al., C.A. No.
7:99CV00850 (W.D. Va.), was lodged on November 23, 1999, with the
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The
consent decree resolves the United States claims against three
defendants with respect to response costs incurred, pursuant to section
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the clean-up of the
Old Salem Tannery Site, located near Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia.
Under the consent decree, defendants Viacom International Inc./Pacific
Communications, Hercules Incorporated, and Yokohama Tire Corporation
will pay the United States $150,000 in reimbursement of a portion of
the response costs incurred in connection with the clean-up of the
Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty days after entry of the
consent decree by the Court.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Viacom International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et
al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06312.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105 Franklin Road,
SW, Suite One, Roanoke, Virginia 24011; and the Region III Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed decree may 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 refer to the
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (.25 cents
per page production costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32611 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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