[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29742]


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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 consent decree with thirteen settling 
defendants in United States versus Stephen D. Heleva, et al., Civ. Act. 
No. 93-1339 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged on October 28, 1996.
    The proposed decree resolves the claims of the United States 
against thirteen parties under Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, for past 
response costs and certain response actions at the Heleva Landfill 
Superfund Site in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The thirteen 
settling defendants are Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; American 
Nickeloid Company; the American Telephone & Telegraph Company 
(``ATT''); General Electric Company; Howmet Cercast (U.S.A.), Inc.; 
Olin Corporation; Pennsylvania Power & Light Company; Robert J. 
McAuliffe, Inc. and Robert J. McAuliffe; Gramet Holdings Corp. as 
successor in interest to Alpo Pet Foods, Inc.; GAF Corporation; Pfizer, 
Inc.; and Mack Trucks, Inc. The decree obligates the Settling 
Defendants to reimburse $12,067,696.32 of the United States' past 
response costs. In exchange, the United States covenants not to sue the 
Settling Defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 9606 and 9607, to recover past response costs or to perform prior 
response actions listed in the decree.
    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 versus Stephen D. Heleva, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-
11-2-684.
    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 $10.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library. Attachments to the proposed 
partial consent decree can be obtained for an additional amount.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-29742 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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