[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38423-38424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18901]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and 
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on 
June 18, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Reilly 
Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:98 CV 1409, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern 
Division. This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought 
by the United States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., 
against Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation for reimbursement of 
response costs and injunctive relief in connection with the Reilly Tar 
and Chemical Corporation Superfund Site (``Site'') located in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
    Under this settlement with the United States, Reilly Industries 
will implement the remedy for the Site as set forth in the Record of 
Decision issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 
March 1997, and pay $400,000 in reimbursement of response costs 
incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the 
Site. In addition, Reilly Industries will pay all future costs for this 
response action, including U.S. EPA's oversight costs.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Reilly Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1282.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank One 
Center, 600 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH

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44114-2600, at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $19.75 (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. 98-18901 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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