[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 8991-8992] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4874] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d) notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Civil Action No. 97-CV-136, was lodged on January 31, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. The Consent Decree addresses the hazardous waste contamination at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund Site (the ``Site'') in the City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. The Consent Decree requires Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (`'NMPC'') to implement the remedial action selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Record of Decision dated September, 1995. Additionally, NMPC is required to reimburse the United States $874,080.04, in U.S. EPA past costs at the Site and pay EPA's oversight costs at 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. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1570. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, 231 James T. Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207; Region II; Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007; 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, [[Page 8992]] N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $26.25 for the Consent Decree and $41.50 for the attachments to the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Bruce Gelber, Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 97-4874 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M