[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2867]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that three related proposed Consent Decrees in United
States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 98CV0052A(M)
United States v. AVX Corporation, Civil Action No. 98CV0054A(M), and
United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., Civil Action No.
98CV0053A(M) were lodged on January 21, 1998, with the United States
District Court for the Western District of New York. The three
complaints in these actions seek: (1) To recover, pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be
incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the
Olean Wellfield Superfund Site located in the City of Olean, Town of
Olean and Town of Portville, New York (``Site''); and (2) injunctive
relief under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606.
The three proposed Consent Decrees embody agreements with three
groups of potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607:
(1) to pay for a portion of EPA's past response costs at the Site; and
(2) to perform source control remedies at three parcels of property
located within the Site.
The three Consent Decrees provide the settling defendants with
releases for civil liability for EPA's past and future CERCLA response
costs.
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 Decrees.
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for
the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United
States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., United States v. AVX
Corporation, and United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., DOJ
Ref. No. 90-11-3-181B.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 138 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202; the
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region II
Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth Floor,
Washington, D.C. 2005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed consent
decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $240.00 ($0.25 per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2867 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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