[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6842]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that an amendment to the previously entered 
consent decree in United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco 
Corp., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-226 (E.D. Va.) was lodged with the 
court on February 27, 1998.
    The proposed amendment to the previous decree resolves the claims 
of the United States against J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Inc. under 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607, for past response costs and certain response actions at the 
HH Burn Pit Superfund Site in Hanover County, Virginia. The decree 
obligates the Settling Defendant to reimburse $175,000 of the United 
States' past response costs and to join with two parties who settled 
previously to perform the remedial action the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency has selected for 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-3-1408.
    The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the 
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $3.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6842 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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