[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48760-48761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24448]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Joel G.
Freeman, et al., Case No. 96 Civ. 2354 (CLB), was lodged on August 31,
1998, in the United States
[[Page 48761]]
District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claim, pursuant to
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for response costs
incurred by EPA at the Freeman Industries Superfund Site (the
``Site''), located in the Town of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New
York. The Consent Decree also resolves the United States' claim,
pursuant to Section 3008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928, for injunctive relief to stop the storage
of hazardous waste at the Site without a permit.
Under the Consent Decree, the United States will receive $400,000
in reimbursement of response costs. In addition, the Consent Decree
provides for the Defendants to finance and perform the clean up of
hazardous waste remaining on 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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Joel G. Freeman, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1082.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney in New York City; the Region II Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and
at the 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. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check made payable to the Consent Decree Library in the
amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-24448 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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