[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9461]


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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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on March 28, 
1997, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Town of Norwood, 
Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 97-10701, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed 
Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against defendant Town of 
Norwood, Massachusetts relating to the Norwood PCB Superfund Site in 
Norwood, Massachusetts. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the Town will 
provide emergency response services at the Site, provides access to the 
portion of the Site under its ownership and control, and will impose 
institutional controls on its property to ensure the effectiveness of 
the remedial action 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. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Town or Norwood, Massachusetts, Civil Action 
No. 97-10701, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-372D.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack Post 
Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, and at Region I, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, 
Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 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 enclose a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $17.75 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-9461 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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