[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2867]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees 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 three related proposed Consent Decrees in United 
States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 98CV0052A(M) 
United States v. AVX Corporation, Civil Action No. 98CV0054A(M), and 
United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., Civil Action No. 
98CV0053A(M) were lodged on January 21, 1998, with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of New York. The three 
complaints in these actions seek: (1) To recover, pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the 
Olean Wellfield Superfund Site located in the City of Olean, Town of 
Olean and Town of Portville, New York (``Site''); and (2) injunctive 
relief under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606.
    The three proposed Consent Decrees embody agreements with three 
groups of potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site 
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607: 
(1) to pay for a portion of EPA's past response costs at the Site; and 
(2) to perform source control remedies at three parcels of property 
located within the Site.
    The three Consent Decrees provide the settling defendants with 
releases for civil liability for EPA's past and future CERCLA response 
costs.
    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, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United 
States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., United States v. AVX 
Corporation, and United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., DOJ 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-181B.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 138 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202; the 
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region II 
Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 2005, (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, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $240.00 ($0.25 per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2867 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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