[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18902]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
County of Oswego, et al., Civil Action No. 87-CV-0994 (FJS/GLS) 
(N.D.N.Y.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of New York on June 24, 1998.
    The proposed consent decree resolves claims asserted by the United 
States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), against forty parties (``Settling Defendants'') under 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 
9607. The claims sought to recover past and future response costs and 
to obtain an order requiring the Settling Defendants to implement the 
selected remedy for Operable Unit One at the Volney Landfill Superfund 
Site (``Site'') in the Town of Volney, New York. The United States 
alleged that, under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 
various municipalities were liable as current owners and former owners 
and operators of the Site, and various private parties were liable as 
generators that arranged for their wastes to be disposed at the Site.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the County of Oswego to 
implement the selected remedy for the Site at an estimated cost of $7 
million. The United States' past response costs of $1.8 million will be 
reimbursed by the County of Oswego, five municipalities that are former 
owners and operators of the facility, and thirty-three other parties 
that generated hazardous substances found on the Site. The Settling 
Defendants will also pay EPA's future response costs associated with 
the Site and will reimburse the Department of the Interior $6,500 for 
assessing potential damage to natural resources.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. County of Oswego, et al., 
(N.D.N.Y.), DJ # 90-11-3-268A.
    Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 45 
Broadway, Room 231, Albany, NY 12207; at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866; 
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 also be obtained in person or by mail at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When 
requesting a copy of the consent decree by mail, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $69.60 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-18902 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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