97-4877. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8990]
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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 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in the action 
entitled United States of America v. ElectroSound Group, Inc., First 
Holbrook Company, Genco Auto Electric, Inc., Red Ground Company, and 
Red Ground Corporation, No. CV-97-728 (E.D.N.Y.), was lodged on 
February 12, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of New York. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims 
by the United States under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensative, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601-9675, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
against the above-named defendants for operable unit 1 at the Site. 
These claims are for recovery of response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in connection with operable unit 1 of the 
Goldisc Recordings Superfund Site (``Site'') in the Town of Islip, 
Suffolk County, New York and for injunctive relief to require 
performance of the remedy selected by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (the ``EPA'') for operable unit 1 at the Site.
    The Consent Decree provides for the performance of the remedy 
(except for institutional controls) by ElectroSound; the provision of 
access to the Site by Red Ground Company, Red Ground Corporation, and 
ElectroSound; the implementation of institutional controls by Red 
Ground Company and Red Ground Corporation; the payment by Genco of 
$108,000 of EPA's past costs; and the payment by ElectroSound and the 
First Holbrook Company of $300,000 of EPA's past response costs and 
$22,000 of EPA's future response cost 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States of America v. ElectroSound Group, Inc., First Holbrook 
Company, Genco Auto Electric, Inc., Red Ground Company, and Red Ground 
Corporation, No. CV-97-728 (E.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-898B.
    The proposed Consent Decree and appendices may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, 1 Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor, 
Brooklyn, New York 11201; 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, 
D.C. 20005, telephone [phone]. A copy of the proposed Consent 
decree and appendices 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 $21.00 (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. 97-4877 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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