[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20207]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on July 21, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., Civil No. 97-357 JD 
(D.N.H.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Hampshire. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the 
response to the existence of hazardous substances at the South 
Municipal Water Supply Well Superfund Site (``Site'') located in 
Peterborough, New Hampshire pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, New Hampshire Ball Bearings, 
Inc. (``NHBB''), the owner and operator of a portion of the Site, will 
reimburse the United States $1,125,000, plus interest, for costs 
incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Site. In addition, 
NHBB will pay $93,000 for natural resource damages for resources under 
the trusteeship of the United States Department of the Interior. NHBB 
has been performing the remedial action for the Site pursuant to a 
Unilateral Administrative Order.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. New Hampshire Ball 
Bearings, Inc. (D.N.H.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-551A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 55 Pleasant St., Rm. 312, Concord, New 
Hampshire, and the Region 1 Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Copies of the 
Consent Decree also may be examined at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $11.50 (46 
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) made payable to Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Division.
[FR Doc. 97-20207 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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