[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16431]


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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 CFR section 50.7, and 
with Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given 
that a consent decree in United States v. School District of 
Philadelphia, Board of Education, No. 97-3829, (E.D. Pa.) was lodged on 
June 3, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the claims of the 
United States pursuant to Section 17 of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (``TSCA''), 15 U.S.C. section 2616. The United States seeks 
permanent injunctive relief for violations by Defendant, the 
Philadelphia School District, Board of Education (``the School 
District''), of Sections 6(e) and 15 of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. sections 
2605(e), 2614, and regulations promulgated thereunder, codified at 40 
CFR Part 761, affecting the use, marking, disposal, and recordkeeping 
requirements for electrical transformers containing polychlorinated 
biphenyls (``PCBs''). Defendant is obligated under the consent decree 
to take remedial action under TSCA regulations.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
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. School District of Philadelphia, Board of Education, DOJ Ref. # 90-
5-1-4353. Comments may also be addressed to the United States Attorney, 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, c/o Ms. Nadine Overton, 615 Chestnut 
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA.
    The consent decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the 
Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; or 
the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Ms. 
Donna Mastro, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. A copy of the 
consent decree may also be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost), payable to the Consent Decree library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-16431 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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