[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36041-36042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16907]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on June 17, 1999, a proposed Consent
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States versus Gene T. Jones, et
al., Civil Action No. 98-C-1049-S was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
In this action the United States sought the recovery of the United
States' response costs regarding the Jones Tire and Battery Superfund
Site (``the Site'') in Birmingham, Alabama. In the Consent Decree, the
Settling Defendants agree to pay to the United States $600,221.87 for
past response costs related to the removal conducted by the
Environmental Protection Agency. The Settling Defendants consist of the
Site operator and 48 generator defendants. The United States also
intends to dismiss without prejudice the remaining defendants from the
action, thereby resolving the case in its entirety.
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
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, 20530, and should refer to United States
versus Gene T. Jones, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-986/1.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert Vance Federal
Bldg., 1800 5th Ave. N, Room 200, Birmingham, AL 35203-2198, at U.S.
EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and at
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may be
obtained in person or by mail from
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the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount
of $16.75 (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. 99-16907 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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