[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52150-52151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26428]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on September 19, 1997, 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Ray O. Parker & Son, et 
al., Civil Action No. 2:97-CV-313, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Vermont. This proposed consent 
decree resolves the United States claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 15 defendants relating to response 
costs that have been or will be incurred at or from a Site known as the 
Parker Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the Town of 
Lyndon, Vermont and to the performance of a portion of the remedial 
action at the Site.
    The consent decree has two components. The first aspect of the 
settlement requires six defendants to perform a portion of the remedial 
action at the Site, comprised of the construction of the cap at the 
Site. In addition, nine parties have entered into a de minimis 
settlement pursuant to Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(g). Under the terms of the de minimis settlement, the nine 
defendants will pay $1,134,000 for past and future response costs at 
the Site, plus a premium payment, which amount will be paid to the six 
parties performing work at the Site.
    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. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Parker & Son, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1120.

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    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 11 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, Vt. 05401, at the 
Region I 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 enclose a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $40.75 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-26428 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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