98-4130. Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act  

  • [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]
    BILLING CODE 4410-15-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
02/19/1998
Department:
Justice Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-4130
Pages:
8472-8473 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-4130.pdf