[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20685]


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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. Sec. 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in 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 August 1, 1996.
    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. Sec. 9607(a). In September 1991, the United States 
added additional defendants to the action. The two proposed Consent 
Decrees resolve the liability of Joseph and Evelyn Halmi, Tri-Penn Tool 
Company, and Buffalo Molded Plastics Company. These Consent Decrees 
resolve the liability of the above-named defendants and third-party 
defendant (Tri-Penn Tool Company) for the response costs incurred and 
to be incurred by the United States at the Site. Joseph and Evelyn 
Halmi and Tri-Penn Tool Company will pay $100,000 in response costs. 
Buffalo Molded Plastics Company will pay $85,000 in response costs.
    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:

$6.00 for the Halmi/Tri-Penn Consent Decree
$6.00 for the Buffalo Molded Plastics Consent Decree
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-20685 Filed 8-13-96; 8:45 am]
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