[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18477]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on June 25, 1998, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Cornell-Dubilier 
Electronics, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 92-11865-REK, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of 
Massachusetts. The proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United 
States' claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 
defendants Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (``CDE'') and Federal 
Pacific Electric Company (``FPE'') relating to the Sullivan's Ledge 
Superfund Site (``Site'') in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Complaint 
alleges that CDE and FPE are liable to the United States pursuant to 
Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA.
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, CDE and FPE shall pay $1.581 
million to the United States in satisfaction of their alleged liability 
for past and future response costs pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA. 
Pursuant to separate agreements, CDE and FPE will also pay 
approximately $4 million to certain prior settling parties who are 
currently performing the remediation at 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. Any 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. Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc. et al., 
Civil Action No. 92-11865-REK, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-388A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, J. W. McCormack Post 
Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, and at Region I, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, 
Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 and at the 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 enclose a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $11.00 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-18477 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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