[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11341]


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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 consent decree in United States v. 
Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-226 
(E.D. Va.) was lodged on March 28, 1997.
    The proposed decree resolves the claims of the Untied States under 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 9606 and 9607, for past response costs and certain response 
actions at the HH Burn Pit Superfund Site in Hanover County, Virginia. 
The decree obligates the Settling Defendants to reimburse $1.5 million 
of the United States' past response costs and to perform the remedial 
action the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected for 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. Reynolds Metals Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1408.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $24.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library. Attachments to the proposed consent decree can 
be obtained for additional amount.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-11341 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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