[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51335-51336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24604]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on August 31, 1999, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. Charles L. Guyton, et al., Civil Action No.
99CV223, was
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lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
In this action, the United States sought recovery under Section 107
of CERCLA of in excess of $2.7 million in response costs incurred as
well as costs to be incurred by the United States in response to the
release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the C&R
Battery Company, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located in
Chesterfield, Virginia. The Consent Decree will resolve the claims
against three of the defendants, Ricky Wharton T/A Wharton Enterprises,
Divid Cunningham T/A Battery Barn and Battery Barn of Virginia, Inc.,
for the payment, aggregate, of $25,757.56 to the United States. The
Consent Decree contains a covenant not to sue by the United States
under Section 107 of CERCLA. The Consent Decree will not resolve the
United States' claims against the remaining defendant, Charles L.
Guyton, who was the operator 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Charles L. Guyton, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-692/2.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond
Division, 600 E. Main Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, VA, 23219; at U.S.
EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-
2029; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, N.W., 3rd
Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $46.25
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-24604 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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