[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31002]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States of America v. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), was 
lodged on November 3, 1998 with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of New York. The proposed consent decree resolves 
potential claims of the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, against third-party defendants the 
Village of Sidney, New York, and the Towns of Sidney, Masonville, and 
Tompkins, New York, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-
9675. These claims are for recovery of response costs incurred and to 
be incurred by the United States in connection with the Sidney Landfill 
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Delaware County, New York.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the Village of 
Sidney will pay $46,597.60, the Town of Sidney will pay $10,812.00, the 
Town of Masonville will pay $3,696.75, and the Town of Tompkins will 
pay $1,762.25 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States with respect to 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol Corporation, Civil Action No. 
97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-1128C.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 445 Broadway, Room 231, Albany, New York 12207; 
the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866; and the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone 
(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 in the 
amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) made payable to 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31002 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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