[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3636]
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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
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on January 30, 1997, a
Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et
al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-97-149, with the United States District
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The Complaint in this case was filed under Sections 106 and 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607,
with respect to the Bell Landfill Superfund Site located in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania, against E.I. DuPont deNemours & Co., GTE
Operations Support, Inc., and Masonite Corporation. Pursuant to the
terms of the Consent Decree, which resolves claims under the above-
mentioned statute and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, the settling defendants
will perform the clean-up of the site, which EPA estimates will cost
$3,500,000, reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by the
United States in the amount of $176,000, and reimburse the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for response costs in the amount of $35,000.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-
97-149, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1390A. Commenters may request an
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut
Street, Federal Building, Suite 217, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Copies
of the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. When requesting a copy by mail,
please enclose a check in the amount of $25.75 (twenty-five cents per
page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3636 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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