[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Lodging of Settlement and Stipulated Order Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement and Stipulated 
Order in In re: Leaseway Transportation Corp., Inc. No. 92 B 22373 (HS) 
(Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) was lodged on January 12, 1994, with the Bankruptcy 
Court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
New York. The proposed Settlement requires the debtor Anchor Motor 
Freight, Inc. (``Anchor''), as the subject of a claim filed under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., to reimburse the United States 
$17,500.00 for certain costs incurred by the United States in 
connection with the Laskin/Polar Oil Superfund Site (the ``Laskin 
Site''), located in Jefferson, Ohio.
    Six prior consent decrees have been entered in connection with the 
Laskin Site. Through entry of the 1989 consent decree in United States 
v. Alvin F. Laskin, et al., CA No. 84-2035Y (N.D. Ohio), defendants 
paid the United States $1.47 million as partial reimbursement for 
certain past costs. In 1990, the United States entered into a Remedial 
Design/Remedial Action consent decree with certain defendants in United 
States v. Alvin Laskin, et al., CA No. 4:90CV0483 (N.D. Ohio), wherein 
27 defendants became obligated to conduct the remedial action at the 
Laskin Site and pay, along with 131 de minimis defendants, certain 
future oversight costs and approximately $1.38 million as partial 
reimbursement of additional United States' past costs.
    Through entry on August 27, 1993, of three consent decrees in 
United States v. Anchor Motor Freight, CA No. 4: 89CV1999 (N.D. Ohio), 
ten defendants paid the United States approximately $2.7 million as 
partial reimbursement for certain costs. Through entry on November 16, 
1993, of the sixth consent decree for this site, five defendants in the 
Anchor Motor Freight case paid the United States approximately $1.4 
million as partial reimbursement for certain costs.
    Anchor did not sign the first decree entered in connection with the 
Laskin/Poplar Oil Site, nor any of the consent decrees entered in the 
Anchor Motor Freight case. The proposed Settlement reimburses the 
United States for certain money expended but not reimbursed through 
entry of any consent decree for the Laskin/Poplar Oil site.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC., 20530, and should refer to In 
re: Leaseway Transportation Corp., Inc. and DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-38C.
    The proposed Settlement may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, 100 Church Street, 19th Floor, New York, New York 
10007; the Region 5 Office of U.S. EPA, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 
Illinois, 60604-3590; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed 
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library. In requesting a copy of a consent decree, please 
identify which consent decree is sought and enclose a check in the 
amount of $4.25 for the consent decree (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-2363 Filed 2-2-94; 8:45 am]
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