[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33395-33396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16212]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and with 
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that 
a consent decree in United States v. J.E.M., a Partnership, Civil 
Action No. 3:CV-95-1882 (M.D. Pa.), was lodged on June 2, 1998, with 
the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the claims of the United 
States under Section 107 of

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the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), for reimbursement of costs incurred and 
to be incurred for response actions taken or to be taken at or in 
connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Route 940 Drum Site in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe 
County, Pennsylvania, and a declaration of liability for further 
response costs to be incurred at the Site. Under the terms of the 
Consent Decree, the Estate of Herman Martens and Emil Wagner will pay 
$335,000, John Baymor will pay $40,000, and Summit Tool Corporation 
will pay $25,000. In addition, Emil Wagner (or his estate) will be 
obligated to pay to the United States the sum of $300,000 if either one 
of two contingencies occurs.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washignton, D.C., 20530, and should refer to United States 
v. J.E.M. a Partnership, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1539.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA; the Region III 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, PA; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 
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, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. 
In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $12.50 (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. 98-16212 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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