[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51951-51952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26035]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Cost Recovery 
Action

    In accordance with the Department Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Ralph 
Riehl Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 89-226E was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on 
September 17, 1998. This Consent Decree resolves the United States' 
claims against EMI Company under Sections 106 and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for response costs incurred 
at the Millcreek Dump Superfund Site in Millcreek Township, PA. The 
Consent Decree requires EMI Company to pay $875,000 in reimbursement of 
response costs relating to the Millcreek Dump Superfund Site cleanup. 
The Decree also requires EMI Company to pay a $100,000 civil penalty, 
pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 for its failure to 
comply with a Unilateral Administrative Order issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency on March 31, 1992, requiring cleanup at 
the Site.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on 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. Ralph Riehl Jr. et al., DOJ 
No. 90-11-3-519.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 100 
State Street, Suite 302, Erie, PA 16507; EPA Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 91903; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 3rd 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., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents per page 
reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in the 
amount of $6.50, and please

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reference United States v. Ralph Riehl, Jr. et al. DOJ No. 90-11-3-519.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
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