[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33825]
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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 Sec. 50.7,
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action
entitled United States of America v. James Bartlett, Joanne Bartlett,
Bartlett Disposal Service, Inc., and Bartlett Disposal Service Company,
Civil Action No. 97-CV-1800 (TJM/GLS) (N.D.N.Y.), was lodged on
December 10, 1997 with the United States District Court for the
Northern District of New York. The proposed consent decree resolves
claims asserted by the United States, on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, against the defendants 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 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 defendants will
pay $99,309 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs
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. James Bartlett, Joanne Bartlett, Bartlett Disposal Service,
Inc., and Bartlett Disposal Service Company, Civil Action No. 97-CV-
1800 (TJM/GLS) (N.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-1128D.
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, N.W., 4th 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. 97-33825 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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