[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48760-48761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24448]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Joel G. 
Freeman, et al., Case No. 96 Civ. 2354 (CLB), was lodged on August 31, 
1998, in the United States

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District Court for the Southern District of New York.
    The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claim, pursuant to 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for response costs 
incurred by EPA at the Freeman Industries Superfund Site (the 
``Site''), located in the Town of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New 
York. The Consent Decree also resolves the United States' claim, 
pursuant to Section 3008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928, for injunctive relief to stop the storage 
of hazardous waste at the Site without a permit.
    Under the Consent Decree, the United States will receive $400,000 
in reimbursement of response costs. In addition, the Consent Decree 
provides for the Defendants to finance and perform the clean up of 
hazardous waste remaining on 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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Joel G. Freeman, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1082.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney in New York City; the Region II Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 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. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check made payable to the Consent Decree Library in the 
amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-24448 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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