[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8472-8473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4130]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent
Decree United States v. Agway, Inc., et al., DOJ #90-11-2-2A, was
lodged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
New York on January 22, 1998. The Consent Decree resolves the liability
of eighty parties (``Settling Defendants'') and the United States (on
behalf of the U.S. Air Force and the Veterans Administration) under
Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and
9607(a), relating to the Pollution Abatement Services Superfund Site in
Oswego, New York (the ``Site'').
Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants agree to
reimburse the United States $1,050,261.97 in past response costs
incurred from April 2, 1987 to May 6, 1997, to perform future work at
the Site under the 1993 Record of Decision (``1993 ROD'') at an
estimated cost of $5 million, and to reimburse the United States for
its first $500,000 in future response costs. Approximately 68 of the
Settling Defendants, along with the settling federal agencies, will
receive de minimis settlements under this Decree in exchange for
payments toward Site costs. The remaining Settling Defendants will
perform the future work under the 1993 ROD and will partially reimburse
the United States' past and future costs. The United States has
reserved its rights against certain parties who sent polychlorinated
bi-phenols (``PCBs'') to the Site in the event that a PCB related
remedy is necessary.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C.
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20530, and should refer to United States v. Agway, Inc. et al., Civ.
No. 98-CV-0112 (N.P.M), DOJ #90-11-2-2A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley U.S.
Courthouse, 45 Broadway, room 231, Albany, New York 12207; at the
Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290
Broadway, New York, New York 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
Copies of the 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 enclose a check in the amount
of $71.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4130 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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