[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21466]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v.
A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-1332 (M.D. Pa.)
was lodged with the court on July 28, 1999.
The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against
120 defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs and actions
at the Jack's Creek Superfund Site in Mifflin County, PA. The decree
requires 40 of the defendants to perform the EPA-selected remedial
action to address hazardous substance contamination at the site. That
remedial action includes, inter alia, excavation and off-site disposal
of certain contamination and on-site consolidation and capping of other
contamination. The remaining 80 defendants are accorded de minimis
treatment and required to pay a total of $3.05 million toward cleanup
of 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. A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-
1332 (M.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-911. Commenters may request an
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance
with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 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, 1120 G
Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $27.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the
Consent Degree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the decree may be
obtained from the same source for an additional charge of $50.00
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21466 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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