[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19736]


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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 July 10, 1998, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. The Town of Milford, No. 98-430-B (D.N.H.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
New Hampshire.
    In this action the United States sought, pursuant to Section 107(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), recovery of costs 
concerning the First Operable Unit of the Fletcher Paint Works and 
Storage Facility Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Milford, New 
Hampshire. The Town of Milford currently owns a portion of the Site and 
previously operated a burning dump on another portion of the Site. In 
the proposed consent decree, the settling party, the Town of Milford, 
New Hampshire, agrees to pay to the United States, $62,139.00, for past 
and future response costs incurred at the First Operable Unit at the 
Site, to provide various in-kind services, including replacement piping 
material, which is valued at $16,675.00, to provide access to portions 
of the Site owned or controlled by the Town of Milford, and to covenant 
not to sue the United States. This settlement does not address any 
potential liability for the Second Operable Unit 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 
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, 
and should refer to United States v. The Town of Milford, D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-684A. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting 
in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Room 
312, Concord, New Hampshire 03301-3904, at U.S. EPA Region I, One 
Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02203, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail for 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 $13.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-19736 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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