[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 52208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24752]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging a Final Judgment by Consent Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA)
    Notice is hereby given that on September 25, 1995, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Edward Azrael, et al., Civ. A. No. 
WN-89-2898, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Maryland. The complaint in this action seeks recovery of 
costs and injunctive relief under Sections 106 and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 
9607(a). This action involves the Kane & Lombard Superfund Site located 
in Baltimore, Maryland.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, AT&T Technologies, Inc.; Anchor 
Post, Inc.; Armco, Inc.; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Beatrice 
Companies, Inc.; Browning Ferris, Inc.; Canton Company; Canton Railroad 
Company; Container Corporation of America; General Motors Corporation; 
Crown Cork and Seal, Inc.; Exxon Corp.; H.M. Holdings, Inc.; 
International Paper Co.; O'Brien Corporation; the Mayor and City 
Council of Baltimore; Pori International; Roadway Express Co.; 
Sweetheart Cup Co.; and Allied Signal have agreed to pay to the United 
States $5,927,038.90 for reimbursement of past response costs. A group 
of Defendants has also agreed to undertake the operation and 
maintenance of the containment/pump & treat system installed at the 
Site. In return the above listed parties will receive a covenant not to 
sue and contribution protection for the matters addressed in the 
Consent Decree. The Decree reserves the right of the United States to 
recover future response costs and seek further injunctive relief 
against the settling parties for conditions at the Site that are not 
known by the United States at the time of entry of this decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. Edward 
Azrael, et al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-229.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, 101 W. Lombard 
Street, Eighth Floor, Baltimore, Md. 21201; Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; 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 
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library at the address listed above. In requesting a copy, please refer 
to the referenced case and number, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$140.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs including appendices), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-24752 Filed 10-4-95; 8:45 am]
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