[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8472-8473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4130]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent 
Decree United States v. Agway, Inc., et al., DOJ #90-11-2-2A, was 
lodged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
New York on January 22, 1998. The Consent Decree resolves the liability 
of eighty parties (``Settling Defendants'') and the United States (on 
behalf of the U.S. Air Force and the Veterans Administration) under 
Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 
9607(a), relating to the Pollution Abatement Services Superfund Site in 
Oswego, New York (the ``Site'').
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants agree to 
reimburse the United States $1,050,261.97 in past response costs 
incurred from April 2, 1987 to May 6, 1997, to perform future work at 
the Site under the 1993 Record of Decision (``1993 ROD'') at an 
estimated cost of $5 million, and to reimburse the United States for 
its first $500,000 in future response costs. Approximately 68 of the 
Settling Defendants, along with the settling federal agencies, will 
receive de minimis settlements under this Decree in exchange for 
payments toward Site costs. The remaining Settling Defendants will 
perform the future work under the 1993 ROD and will partially reimburse 
the United States' past and future costs. The United States has 
reserved its rights against certain parties who sent polychlorinated 
bi-phenols (``PCBs'') to the Site in the event that a PCB related 
remedy is necessary.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C.

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20530, and should refer to United States v. Agway, Inc. et al., Civ. 
No. 98-CV-0112 (N.P.M), DOJ #90-11-2-2A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley U.S. 
Courthouse, 45 Broadway, room 231, Albany, New York 12207; at the 
Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, 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. 
Copies of the 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 $71.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4130 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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