[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-797]


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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 proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Janet Schusheim, et al., Civil Action No. 97-0019, was lodged 
on January 2, 1997 with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of New York. Defendant Janet Schusheim was the former 
owner of the property comprising the SMS Instruments, Inc. Superfund 
Site (``Site'') in Deer Park, New York at the time wastes containing 
hazardous substances were disposed of at the Site. Defendant 120 Realty 
Corp. is the current owner of the Site property.
    Under the terms of the proposed decree, defendants will pay the 
United States $290,000 for certain past response costs incurred by the 
United States for remedial action work involving air and steam 
stripping of contaminated soil and groundwater extraction, treatment, 
and reinjection. The proposed decree includes a covenant not to sue by 
the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 9601 et seq.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposes 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. Janet Schusheim, et al. D.J. reference #90-11-2-1123A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 225 Cadman 
Plaza East, Brooklyn; New York, the Region II, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W. 4th floor, 
Washington, D.C. 2005, (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 enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-797 Filed 1-13-97; 8:45 am]
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