[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7740]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. North
Landing Line Construction Company, et al., C.A. No. 2:96CV1073, was
lodged on February 17, 1998, with the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Virginia. The consent decree resolves the
United States' claims with respect to past costs, pursuant to Section
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the cleanup of the
Sutton Enterprises Superfund Site, located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The
decree also resolves counterclaims alleged against the United States by
several defendants. The defendants named in this action are Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Money Point Diamond
Corporation, Future First Associates, William L. Hester, and Jonathan
T. Harris. Under the consent decree, the defendants and several federal
agencies, including the United States Department of Defense, Department
of the Navy, and the Defense Logistics Agency/Defense Reutilization and
Marketing Service, against whom counterclaims were filed, will
reimburse the Superfund $1,725,000 with respect to the clean-up of 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. North Landing Line Construction Company, et al., DOJ
Reference No. 90-11-3-1699.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Suite 8000, 101 W. Main Street, Norfolk,
Virginia 23510; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 840 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 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 $8.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-7740 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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