[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29842]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, As 
Amended

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States versus Peirce, Civil Action No. 83-CV-1623, was 
lodged on November 6, 1996, with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of New York. The United States has filed claims 
against eight direct defendants, pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, seeking to recover the approximately 
$5.3 million in past and future costs associated with the first 
operable unit at the York Oil Superfund Site (``Site''), located in 
Moira, New York, that will not be reimbursed pursuant to the consent 
decree that was entered by the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of New York on August 10, 1996. These eight direct 
defendants have filed third-party claims against about 40 third-party 
defendants. The United States has entered into a settlement with seven 
of the eight direct defendants and 17 of the 40 third-party defendants. 
Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the parties have agreed to pay to 
the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund $2,225,000, plus interest running 
from August 1, 1996.
    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. Any 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 Peirce, DOJ Ref. Number 90-5-2-1-585.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at EPA Region 2, 
(contact Doug Fischer, 212-637-3180); 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 $13.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-29842 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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