98-6109. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6109]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 27, 1998, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. St. Julian Corp., et al., Civil 
Action No. 2:96CV1161 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Virginia.
    In this action the United States sought to recover from defendants 
Fine Petroleum Company, Inc., Milton Fine, and St. Julian Corporation 
past response costs from two prior removal actions at the Fine 
Petroleum Company, Inc., Superfund Site, in Norfolk, Virginia. The 
proposed settlement provides reimbursement of approximately $1,640,000 
of the United States' past response costs, of which the private 
defendants will pay $400,000 based on their ability to pay, and the 
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, a component of the 
Department of Defense, against whom the defendants filed counter-
claims, will pay $1,239,327.58.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
St. Julian Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1188.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 8000 World Trade Center, 
101 W. Main Street, Norfolk, VA; at U.S. EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, [phone]. A copy 
of the consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6109 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am]
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