[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6842]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that an amendment to the previously entered
consent decree in United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco
Corp., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-226 (E.D. Va.) was lodged with the
court on February 27, 1998.
The proposed amendment to the previous decree resolves the claims
of the United States against J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Inc. under
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606
and 9607, for past response costs and certain response actions at the
HH Burn Pit Superfund Site in Hanover County, Virginia. The decree
obligates the Settling Defendant to reimburse $175,000 of the United
States' past response costs and to join with two parties who settled
previously to perform the remedial action the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency has selected for 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-3-1408.
The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, 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, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $3.50 (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. 98-6842 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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