[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33344]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that proposed consent decrees in United States v. Exeter
Properties, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 3:97CV141, were lodged on
December 2, 1997 with the United States Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
In February 1997, the United States on behalf of EPA sued Exeter
Properties, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (``BFS''), Perry Realty
Investments (``Perry Realty''), and Perry Machinery Corporation
(``Perry Machinery'') under Section 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9607, to recover $1.7 million in past response costs, alleging
that the defendants were liable as past owners/operators and arrangers
for disposal under Section 107(a) of CERCLA in connection with a
removal action performed at the Exeter Site located in Hopewell,
Virginia. These consent decrees represent settlements with three
defendants, BFS, Perry Realty, and Perry. The proposed settlements
provide for payments of $495,000 by BFS and $485,000 by Perry Realty
and Perry Machinery for response costs in connection with the removal
action.
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 decrees. 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 v. Exeter Properties, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-
1218.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Main Street
Centre, Suite 1800, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219; the
Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
Copies of the proposed consent decrees 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 $11.00, payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33344 Filed 12-19-97; 8:45 am]
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