[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17500]
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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 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Reynolds, Civ.
A. No 96-0014-C, was lodged on June 12, 1998 with the United States
District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The consent decree
resolves the claims of the United States under Section 106(b), 107(a),
and 107(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), for reimbursement of
response costs incurred at the Singleton Drum Site in Castleton,
Rappahannock County, Virginia, as well as civil penalties for failure
to comply with a Unilateral Administrative Order issued by EPA. The
consent decree obligates Settling Defendants to pay $277,500 in
reimbursement of response costs incurred by EPA in responding to
contamination at the Site, and civil penalties. Of this amount,
approximately $144,000 will be paid in full reimbursement of EPA's
response costs at 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, DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1072.
The consent decree may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, 616 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106;
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, DC 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,
DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost), payable to the Consent Decree library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-17500 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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