[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18629]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Prospective Purchaser 
Agreement (the ``Agreement'') regarding the Solar Usage Now, Inc. 
Property located at 5550 West Tiffin Road, Seneca County, Bascom, Ohio 
(the ``Property'') has been entered into by the United States 
Department of Justice, the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (``U.S. EPA'') and the Hopewell Township Board of Trustees, 
Bascom, Ohio (the ``Township'') pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.
    Under the terms of the proposed Agreement, the Township intends to 
acquire the Property and to demolish and remove the buildings currently 
on the Property and improve the land to expand a community park 
adjacent to the southern boundary of the Property for recreational use 
by the local community. In addition, the Township agrees to provide 
U.S. EPA with access to the Property and to cooperate fully with U.S. 
EPA with regard to any future response actions carried out at the 
Property as well as other consideration. Under the Agreement, the 
United States will covenant not to sue the Township for claims under 
Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607(a), 
for Existing Contamination at the Site not caused or contributed to by 
the Township. However, the United States reserves its rights under 
CERCLA against the Township for releases of hazardous substances not 
within the definition of Existing Contamination and for exacerbation of 
any Existing Contamination.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Agreement for 30 days following publication of this Notice. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to the D.J. Ref. No. 91-11-3-1693A. The proposed 
Agreement may be examined at the Region V Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone no. (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed Agreement 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 DJ#90-11-3-1693A, and 
enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-18629 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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