[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3002-3003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1240]


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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 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Armco Inc., Civil Action No. C2-95-698, was lodged on 
December 22, 1997, with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Ohio.
    The proposed consent decree provides for the payment by defendant 
Armco Inc. for past costs incurred by the United States in connection 
with the Fultz Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located near 
Cambridge, Ohio. Under the consent decree, the United States will 
provide Armco Inc. with a covenant not to sue or take administrative 
action pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, in connection with 
the Site, subject to certain restrictions and limitations. The consent 
decree also restricts actions that Armco Inc. may take regarding 
litigation or settlement with others not party to the consent decree.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Armco Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-856A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 280 N. High Street, 
4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215; the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page

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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1240 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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