[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17890-17891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9446]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 27, 1998 a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Lancaster Battery Company, 
et al., Civil Action No. 90-5201 was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States sought to recover response costs 
incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in performing cleanup 
actions at the Lancaster Battery Superfund Site located in Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree requires that the 32 settling 
defendants (31 companies that sent used auto batteries to the site for 
disposal, plus the site operator) pay to the Hazardous Substances 
Superfund, the amount of $723,400. This represents a 100% recovery of 
EPA's response costs at this site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. 
Lancaster Battery company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-605.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia 19106, 
at U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent 
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

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Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $13.25 (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. 98-9446 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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