[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20207]
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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 on July 21, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., Civil No. 97-357 JD
(D.N.H.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of New Hampshire. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the
response to the existence of hazardous substances at the South
Municipal Water Supply Well Superfund Site (``Site'') located in
Peterborough, New Hampshire pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
Under the terms of the Consent Decree, New Hampshire Ball Bearings,
Inc. (``NHBB''), the owner and operator of a portion of the Site, will
reimburse the United States $1,125,000, plus interest, for costs
incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Site. In addition,
NHBB will pay $93,000 for natural resource damages for resources under
the trusteeship of the United States Department of the Interior. NHBB
has been performing the remedial action for the Site pursuant to a
Unilateral Administrative Order.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. New Hampshire Ball
Bearings, Inc. (D.N.H.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-551A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 55 Pleasant St., Rm. 312, Concord, New
Hampshire, and the Region 1 Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Copies of the
Consent Decree also may be examined at the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please refer to
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $11.50 (46
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) made payable to Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Division.
[FR Doc. 97-20207 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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