[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22553]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Pesses, et al., Civil
Action No. 90-654 (W.D. Pa.), was lodged on August 19, 1996 with the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
This proposed Consent Decree will, if entered, settle a complaint filed
against twenty-six defendants by the United States on behalf of the
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), pursuant to Section 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA'') 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, in connection
with the Metcoa Radiation Superfund Site, in Pulaski, Pennsylvania.
Certain defendants in turn sued over two hundred (200) third party
defendants and brought counterclaims against various federal agencies,
the counterclaim defendants.
The proposed Consent Decree provides for reimbursement of past
response costs incurred by the United States in the amount of
$1,950,000.00 and payment of future response costs, and for performance
of response actions at the Metcoa Radiation Superfund Site. The
proposed Consent Decree also provides for payment of response costs by
the counterclaim defendants in the amount of $291,000.00.
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. Pesses, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-3-613.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 633
Post Office and Courthouse, Seventh and Grant Street, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15219; the Region III Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th 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, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $50.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22553 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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