[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28680]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Commander Oil Corporation, et al., Civil 
Action No. 95-4489 (JM), was lodged on November 2, 1995, with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The 
Consent Decree addresses the hazardous waste contamination at the 
Pasley Solvents and Chemicals Superfund Site (``Pasley Site'') in the 
Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. The Consent Decree requires 
Defendant Commander Oil Corporation (``Commander'') to implement the 
remedial action selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Record of Decision dated April 24, 1992 and the Amended Record of 
Decision dated May 22, 1995. Commander is also required to reimburse 
the United States for $750,000 in U.S. EPA past costs at the Pasley 
Site. Additionally, sixteen other defendants are required to pay 
$1,849,127.71 into the Pasley Solvents and Chemicals Superfund Site 
Remedial Trust, which will be used by Commander to implement 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. Commander Oil Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-762.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1 
Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, 11201; the Region II Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York, 
10007-1866 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Beverly Kolenberg); 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 $29.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
for the Consent Decree, and $50.50 for the Attachments to the Decree, 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-28680 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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