[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18619]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decree in Action Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Ralph 
Riehl, et al., Civil Action No. 89-226(E), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 
1, 1997.
    On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a compliant against 
the owners and operator of, and certain transporters to, the Millcreek 
Dump Superfund Site (the ``Site''), pursuant to Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a). In September 1991, the United States 
added additional defendants to the action. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves the liability of defendants Max Silver & Sons, A. Arthur 
Silver, Larry Silver, and Eugene and Frieda Davis for response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the Site. The 
Consent Decree requires the defendants to pay $20,000 in reimbursement 
of response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Ralph Riehl, et al., DOJ No. 
90-11-3-519.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 
Federal Building and Courthouse, Room 137, 6th and States Streets, 
Erie, Pennsylvania, 15219; Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 624-0892). A copy of the proposed Decree 
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a 
copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $6.00 to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction 
costs. Please make the check payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-18619 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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