[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52526-52527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25342]
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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 consent decree in United States v.
CBS Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV 99-1608 (M.D. Pa.) was
lodged with the court on September 3, 1999.
The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against 4
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 Hunterstown Road Superfund Site in Adams County, PA. The decree
requires 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 offsite disposal of
contaminated soils, capping specified areas of the site and pumping and
treating groundwater. The decree also requires the defendants to
reimburse $375,898 in past costs to the United States. It allows the
defendants to make claims for reimbursement from the Superfund for 29%
of the costs they incur in carrying out the remedial action.
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. CBS Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV 99-1608 (M.D.
Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1156. 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 and copied at the
Office of the United States Attorney, Room 1162, Federal Building, 228
Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108; or at the Region III Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Daniel Isales, Assistant Regional
Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the
proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, PO Box No. 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $26.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the
Consent Decree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the
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decree may be obtained from the same source for an additional charge.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25342 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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