[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-386]


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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, 38 F.R. 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on December 11, 
1997, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Westinghouse 
Electric Corporation, Civil Action No. 97-CV-6555-T, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
    In this action against defendant Westinghouse Electric Corporation 
(``Westinghouse''), the United States sought reimbursement of certain 
response costs and performance of certain remedial action at the 
Kentucky Avenue Wellfield Superfund Site (``the Site''), located in the 
Village of Elmira Heights and the Village and Town of Horseheads, New 
York. The consent decree provides that Westinghouse will reimburse the 
United States $1,250,000 in Past Response Costs, reimburse the United 
States for Future Response Costs, and perform certain Remedial Action 
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. 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. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Civil Action No. 
97-CV-6555-T, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1224.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of New York, 138 Delaware 
Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 04202, and at Region II, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 
10278 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 in the amount of $95.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-386 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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