[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17436]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decrees in Action Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7,
notice is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States v.
Ralph Riehl, et al., Civil Action No. 89-226(E), were lodged with the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
on May 8, 1997.
On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a complaint against
the owners and operator of, and certain transporters to, the Millcreek
Dump Superfund Site (the ``Site''), pursuant to Section 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a). In September 1991, the United States
added additional defendants to the action. The proposed Consent Decree
resolves the liability for defendants Penn Iron & Metal Company (``Penn
Iron''), Liberty Iron & Metal Company (``Liberty'') (now operating as
one company called ``LIMCO''), and Union Iron & Metal Company for
response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the
Site. The Consent decree requires the Penn and Liberty to pay $450,000
and Union to pay $17,000 in reimbursement of response costs.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
these proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044 and refer to United STates v. Ralph Riehl, et al., DOJ No.
90-11-3-519.
Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the
Office of the Untied States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania,
Federal Building and Courthouse, Room 137, 6th and States Streets,
Erie, Pennsylvania, 15219; Region III Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed Decrees
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a
copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the
amount of $5.75 for the Union Decree and $6.00 for the Penn Iron and
Liberty Decree to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction
costs. Please make the check payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-17436 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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