[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1602-1603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-722]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree in Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Action

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that five Consent Decrees in 

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United States v. Ralph Riehl, et al., Civil Action No. 89-226(E), were 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania on December 15, 1995.
    On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a complaint against 
the owners and operator of, and certain transporters to, the Millcreek 
Dump Superfund Site (the ``Site''), pursuant to Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). In September 1991, the United States added 
additional defendants to the action, including most of the defendants 
included in the five proposed Consent Decrees. The five proposed 
Consent Decrees resolve the liability of: (1) American Sterilizer Co., 
Casting Services, Erie Bronze & Aluminum Co., National Forge Co., 
Pennsylvania Electric Co., Times Publishing Co., Emerson Electric Co., 
Waste Management of Pennsylvania, and Zurn Industries; (2) Bucyrus-Erie 
Co.; (3) Ethyl Corp., Hammermill Paper, Parker White Metal Co., Ralph 
Riehl Jr., and a third-party defendant, Millcreek Township; (4) 
Teledyne Corp.; and (5) American Meter Co. These Consent Decrees 
resolve the liability of the above-named defendants and third-party 
defendant for the response costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
United States at the Site. The defendants included in proposed Consent 
Decree no. 1 will pay $5.4 million in response costs. Bucyrus-Erie will 
pay $500,000 in response costs under Consent Decree no. 2. American 
Meter will pay $550,000 in response costs under Consent Decree no. 3, 
and Teledyne Corp. will pay $250,000 in response costs under Consent 
Decree no. 4. The defendants included in proposed Consent Decree no. 5 
will pay $3.1 million in response costs, as well as operate the 
groundwater treatment plant at the Site for a period of 10 years. Also 
pursuant to proposed Decree no. 3, Millcreek Township will pay up to 
$35,000 per year for a period of 10 years toward operation of the 
groundwater treatment plant at the Site. All of the defendants are 
committed to continuing to comply with a Unilateral Administrative 
Order (Docket No. III-92-13DC) requiring construction of the cap at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
these proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Ralph Riehl, et al., DOJ No. 
90-11-3-519.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 
Federal Building and Courthouse, Room 137, 6th and States Streets, 
Erie, Pennsylvania, 15219; Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107; 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 
Decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When 
requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decrees, please enclose a 
check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs 
payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in the following amounts:

$9.50 for Consent Decree no. 1.
$6.75 for Consent Decree no. 2.
$6.50 for Consent Decree no. 3.
$6.75 for Consent Decree no. 4.
$22.25 for Consent Decree no. 5 (plus $249.25 for the attachments to 
the Decree).
$301.00 for all Decrees and attachments.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-722 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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