[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3636]


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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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on January 30, 1997, a 
Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et 
al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-97-149, with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    The Complaint in this case was filed under Sections 106 and 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, 
with respect to the Bell Landfill Superfund Site located in Bradford 
County, Pennsylvania, against E.I. DuPont deNemours & Co., GTE 
Operations Support, Inc., and Masonite Corporation. Pursuant to the 
terms of the Consent Decree, which resolves claims under the above-
mentioned statute and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, the settling defendants 
will perform the clean-up of the site, which EPA estimates will cost 
$3,500,000, reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by the 
United States in the amount of $176,000, and reimburse the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania for response costs in the amount of $35,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-
97-149, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1390A. 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, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut 
Street, Federal Building, Suite 217, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Copies 
of the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. When requesting a copy by mail, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $25.75 (twenty-five 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. 97-3636 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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