[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33395-33396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16212]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and with
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that
a consent decree in United States v. J.E.M., a Partnership, Civil
Action No. 3:CV-95-1882 (M.D. Pa.), was lodged on June 2, 1998, with
the United States District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the claims of the United
States under Section 107 of
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the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), for reimbursement of costs incurred and
to be incurred for response actions taken or to be taken at or in
connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous
substances at the Route 940 Drum Site in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania, and a declaration of liability for further
response costs to be incurred at the Site. Under the terms of the
Consent Decree, the Estate of Herman Martens and Emil Wagner will pay
$335,000, John Baymor will pay $40,000, and Summit Tool Corporation
will pay $25,000. In addition, Emil Wagner (or his estate) will be
obligated to pay to the United States the sum of $300,000 if either one
of two contingencies occurs.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, Washignton, D.C., 20530, and should refer to United States
v. J.E.M. a Partnership, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1539.
The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA; the Region III
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 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, D.C. 20005.
In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $12.50 (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. 98-16212 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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