[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49707-49708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25220]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (``ARCO''), Civil No. 3-91-CV-248, was 
lodged on August 27, 1997, with the United States District Court for 
the District of Connecticut. The decree resolves claims against ARCO, 
in the above-referenced action under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), for 
contamination at the Laurel Park Landfill Superfund Site in the Borough 
of Naugatuck, Connecticut (the ``Site''). In the proposed consent 
decree, the settling defendant agrees to reimburse the United States 
for $30,000 in past response costs incurred by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency at the Site, and to reimburse the State 
of Connecticut $6,000 for the past Site costs. The Consent Decree 
includes a covenant not to sue by the United States under Section 106 
and 107 of CERCLA.
    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

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General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States 
v.  Atlantic Richfield Co., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-703.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, 157 Church St., 
New Haven, CT 06510, the New England Region Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-2211; and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624 0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W. 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.25 for the Consent Degree (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-25220 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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