[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25219]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., Civil No. 3-91-CV-248, was lodged on
August 27, 1997, with the United States District Court for the District
of Connecticut. The decree resolves claims against Litton Systems, Inc.
in the above-referenced action under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), for
contamination at the Laurel Park Landfill Superfund Site in the Borough
of Naugatuck, Connecticut (the ``Site''). In the proposed consent
decree, the settling defendant agrees to reimburse the United States
for $30,000 in past response costs incurred by the Environmental
Protection Agency at the Site, and to reimburse the State of
Connecticut $6,000 for past State costs. The Consent Decree includes a
covenant not to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of
CERCLA.
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. Atlantic Richfield Co., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-703.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, 157 Church St.,
New Haven, CT 06510, the New England Region Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-2211; and at
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 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. 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $8.00 for the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-25219 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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