[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40541-40542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20259]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Preliminary Approval of Settlement Agreement
In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7(b), notice is hereby given that a
proposed
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Settlement Agreement in Sarah Yules v. United States of America, Civil
Action No. 95-10256-WGY (D. Mass.), was preliminarily approved by the
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on June
19, 1998. Final approval of the proposed Settlement Agreement is
subject to the requirements of 28 CFR 50.7.
In this case, Plaintiffs Sarah Yules and Sandra Faxon, acting for
themselves and on behalf of proposed class of persons in the Town of
Mashpee, Massachusetts, whose drinking water supplies had been
contaminated or threatened by pollutants allegedly emanating from the
Massachusetts Military Reservation, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
(``MMR''), filed suit in 1995 against, among others, the United States
Department of Defense and the United States National Guard Bureau
(``the federal defendants''). The suit asserted claims under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act, the Federal Clean Water
Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, and state law. Plaintiffs sought,
among other things, an injunction requiring the federal defendants to
abate any endangerment caused by the alleged discharge of pollutants
from the MMR by connecting class members to the public water supply.
The United States and Plaintiffs have now reached agreement on the
terms of a settlement of the claims in this case. The Department of
Justice will receive written comments on the proposed Settlement
Agreement for a period of 30 days from the date of publication of this
notice. Comments should be addressed to Joshua E. Swift, U.S.
Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division,
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026,
and refer to Sarah Yules v. United States of America, Civil Action No.
95-10246-WGY (D. Mass.), DJ# 90-11-3-1506.
The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 90
Devonshire Street, Room 607, Boston, Massachusetts (617-223-9152), or
at the offices of Plaintiffs' counsel, Shapiro, Haber & Urmy, 75 State
Street, Boston, Massachusetts (617-439-3939).
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environmental & Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 98-20259 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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