[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16870-16871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8926]


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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

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
v. Western Publishing Company, Inc., et al., 94-CV-1247 (LEK/DNH), was 
lodged on March 7, 1997, with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of New York. The decree resolves claims of the United 
States against defendant Golden Books Publishing Co., Inc. (formerly 
known as Western Publishing Co., Inc.) in the above-referenced action 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA'') in connection with the Hertel Landfill 
Superfund Site in the Town of Plattekill, Ulster County, New York (the 
``Site''). In the proposed consent decree, the defendant agrees to pay 
the United States $625,000 in settlement of the United States' claims 
for civil penalties and punitive damages for Golden Books' failure or 
refusal to comply with a unilateral administrative order issued to it 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 106 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Western Publishing Company, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. Number 90-
11-2-767A.

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    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, United States Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany, 
NY 12207; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW., 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, NW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (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. 97-8926 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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