[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31549]



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DEPARTMENT JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 Et Seq.

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Armco Inc., Civil Action No. C2-95-698, was lodged on 
November 26, 1996, with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Ohio.
    The proposed consent decree provides for the performance of the 
remedial action at the Fultz Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site''), 
located near Cambridge, Ohio, and for payment of the United States' 
costs incurred in overseeing the remedial action. Under the consent 
decree, the United States will provide the settling defendants with a 
covenant not to sue for past costs and future costs incurred by the 
United States, and for injunctive relief under Sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA and Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (also known as 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6973 
(``RCRA''), in connection with the Site.
    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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Armco Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-856. 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, Southern District of Ohio, 280 N. High Street, 
4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215; the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604; 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 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 $32.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-31549 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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