[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22194]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on August 12, 1997, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Consolidation Coal Company, et. al., 
Civil Action No. C2-94-785, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The proposed 
Consent Decree resolves the United States pending cost-recovery claims 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, as well 
as claims under CERCLA Section 106, 42 U.S.C. 9606, for implementation 
of remedial action relating to the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill Site 
(the ``Site''), located in Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
     The Site is a 658-acre property that was a disposal area for mine 
refuse until the early 1950s. In 1973, approximately 50 acres of the 
Site was licensed as a public sanitary landfill. The facility accepted 
municipal waste from local municipalities and villages, but also 
received industrial sludge and liquids. The estimated total volumes of 
industrial waste received are 4.7 million gallons of liquid and 3,300 
tons of industrial solid wastes. The Site was listed on the National 
Priorities List on September 9, 1983.
    The settling defendants (collectively, the ``Settlors'') are four 
owner/operators (Belmont County, Consolidation Coal Company, Cravat 
Coal Company, and Ohio Resources Corp.) and 10 generators (Allegheny 
Ludlum Corporation, Aristech Chemical Corporation, Ashland, Inc., 
Beazer East, Inc., National Steel Corporation, The Pullman Company, SKF 
USA, Inc., Triangle Wire & Cable, Inc., USX Corporation, and Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel Corporation). The Settlors agree in the proposed 
Consent Decree to implement the clean up at the Site consistent with 
the Record of Decision dated August 19, 1991, as modified by the 
Explanation of Significant Differences dated July 17, 1997 
(collectively, the ``ROD'') at an estimated cost of $26 million; and to 
reimburse EPA all future oversight costs in excess of $300,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments concerning the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C., 20044, and should refer to United States v. Consolidation Coal 
Company, et al., DOJ Number 90-11-2-1006. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney, Southern 
District of Ohio, 280 N. High Street, 4th Floor, Columbus, OH (614) 
469-5715; (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6842; (3) the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed Decree may be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. For a copy of the Consent Decree (without 
attachments), please enclose a check for $25.50 ($.25 per page 
reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-22194 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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