[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20160]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decrees in Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act Action
Notice is hereby given that two consent decrees in United States et
al. v. ALCOA et al., Civil Action No. 89-7421, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
on July 26, 1999.
On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a complaint against 18
generator and owner/operator defendants under section 108(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be
incurred by the United States at the Moyer Landfill Superfund Site in
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (the ``Site''). The Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania joined the action as plaintiff seeking reimbursement of
its response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site. The
proposed consent decree resolves the liability of the City of
Philadelphia and three agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
subject to reopeners for new information and new site conditions. The
City of Philadelphia agrees to pay $4 million in reimbursement of
response costs at the Site. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies
agree to pay a total of $639.347 in reimbursement of response costs at
the Site and to contribute approximately $112,000 worth of operation
and maintenance activities at the Site.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
the 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, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
DC 20044 and refer to United States et al. v. ALCOA et al., DOJ No. 90-
11-3-145. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the
Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106; the Region III
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 624-0892.
Copies of the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). When requesting copies by mail,
please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 for the City of
Philadelphia consent decree and a check in the amount of $7.00 for the
Commonwealth agencies consent decree (twenty-five cents per page
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-20160 Filed 8-6-99; 8:45 am]
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