[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33344]


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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 Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that proposed consent decrees in United States v. Exeter 
Properties, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 3:97CV141, were lodged on 
December 2, 1997 with the United States Court for the Eastern District 
of Virginia.
    In February 1997, the United States on behalf of EPA sued Exeter 
Properties, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (``BFS''), Perry Realty 
Investments (``Perry Realty''), and Perry Machinery Corporation 
(``Perry Machinery'') under Section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9607, to recover $1.7 million in past response costs, alleging 
that the defendants were liable as past owners/operators and arrangers 
for disposal under Section 107(a) of CERCLA in connection with a 
removal action performed at the Exeter Site located in Hopewell, 
Virginia. These consent decrees represent settlements with three 
defendants, BFS, Perry Realty, and Perry. The proposed settlements 
provide for payments of $495,000 by BFS and $485,000 by Perry Realty 
and Perry Machinery for response costs in connection with the removal 
action.
    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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Exeter Properties, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-
1218.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Main Street 
Centre, Suite 1800, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219; the 
Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 
Copies of the proposed consent decrees 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 $11.00, payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33344 Filed 12-19-97; 8:45 am]
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