[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13071-13072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6840]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. A-1
Battery, Inc., Civil Action No. 3CV980363, was lodged on March 4, 1998,
with the United States District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania. The defendants in the action are alleged to be persons
who arranged for the disposal or treatment, or arranged with a
transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of hazardous
substances at the Tonolli Corporation Superfund Site, in Nesquehoning
Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree
requires the defendants to conduct certain cleanup activities at the
Site under the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency. The
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estimated cost of cleaning up the former lead smelter and battery
recycling facility is $16.6 million.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period ending 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 20530, and should specifically
refer to United States v. A-1 Battery, Inc., DOJ No. 90-7-2-174B.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Suite
1162, Federal Building, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17108; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,
841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library.
In requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please enclose
a check in the amount of $83.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6840 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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