[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39665-39666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19285]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree was lodged 
May 24, 1996 in United States v. Fairchild Industries, Inc. and 
Cumberland Cement & Supply Company consolidated with the United States 
v. The Kelly Springfield Tire Company, et al., Consol. Civ. Action No. 
JFM-88-2933 (D. Md.) with Fairchild Holding Corp.,

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Cumberland Cement & Supply Company, the Kelly Springfield Tire Company, 
and Precise Technology, Inc. (``Settling Defendants''). The proposed 
Decree resolves the United States' claims under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, for past response costs incurred in 
connection with the Limestone Road Superfund Site (``Site'') through 
August 31, 1993. Settling Defendants will pay $1,860,213 out of total 
past costs of approximately $2,450,000. The Consent Decree also 
requires Settling Defendants to pay the United States' future costs 
(including the Environmental Protection Agency's oversight costs 
associated with the Operable Unit 2 of the Site remedy) from August 31, 
1993 until the date that the Settling Defendants receive notification 
that they have satisfied their obligations under the proposed Decree, 
by either agreeing to implement the Operable Unit 2 remedy or by 
reimbursing the United States for the costs which it incurs in 
connection with the implementation of that remedy.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed partial consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Fairchild Industries, Inc. and Cumberland 
Cement & Supply Company consolidated with the United States v. The 
Kelly Springfield Tire Company, et al., Consol. Civ. Action No. JFM-88-
2933 (D. Md.), DOJ #. 90-11-3-227.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed partial consent 
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library. If you want a copy of the 
attachments to the proposed consent decree please also enclose an 
additional $31.25.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-19285 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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