[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49481-49482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24269]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 C.F.R. 
Sec. 50.7 and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a 
proposed consent decree in United States versus Browning-Ferris

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Industries of Vermont, Inc., et al., Civil No. 2:96-CV-309, was lodged 
on September 16, 1996, with the United States District Court for the 
District of Vermont. The decree resolves claims against Browning-Ferris 
Industries of Vermont, Inc. and Disposal Specialists, Inc., in the 
above-referenced action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), and under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), for contamination at the BFI/
Rockingham Landfill Superfund Site in the Town of Rockingham, Vermont 
(the ``Site''). In the proposed consent decree, the settling defendants 
agree to reimburse the United States for $80,000 in past response costs 
incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site, pay up to 
$200,000 in oversight costs, and perform the remedial action at the 
Site. The remedial action includes long-term operation, maintenance and 
monitoring of the landfill cap, gas collection and treatment system and 
leachate collection system. The Consent Decree includes a covenant not 
to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, and 
under Section 7003 of RCRA.
    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 Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States versus Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc., et 
al., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-847A. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 11 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, VT 05402; the New 
England Region Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, JFK 
Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-2211; and the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, 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 $27 for the 
Consent Decree without the Appendices or $61.75 for the Consent Decree 
with the Appendices (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24269 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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