[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18254]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 16, 1998, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``decree'') in United States of America v. Bell Atlantic--
Virginia, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 3:98 CV 372 was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery of costs incurred 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in response to the 
release and threat of release of hazardous substances at the C&R 
Battery site in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The decree requires 
seventeen parties who arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances 
at the C&R Battery site to reimburse the United States a total of 
$591,285.82.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Bell 
Atlantic--Virginia, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. #90-11-2-692/1.
    The decree may be examined at the Offices of the United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East Main Street, 
Suite 600, Richmond, Virginia 23219, at U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of 
the decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $28.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library. In requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits and defendants' 
signatures, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.50 (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. 98-18254 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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