[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33651]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on December 8, 1998 a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Allegiance Healthcare Corp, et al, Civil 
Action No. 98-0113-C, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Virginia.
    In this action, the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia 
sought recovery of approximately $22 million in response cost incurred 
as well as cost to be incurred by the United States and the 
Commonwealth in response to the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances at the Greenwood Chemical Site (``the Site'') 
located in Newtown, Albermarle County, Virginia. Plaintiffs also seek a 
declaratory judgment pursuant to Section 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9613(g)(2), against Defendants holding them liable in future 
actions to recover further costs incurred at or in connection with 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Allegiance Healthcare Corp, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
679.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105 Franklin Rd., 
S.W., Suite One, Roanoke, Virginia 24011; at U.S. EPA Region, III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029; 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 decrees may be obtained 
in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-33651 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]
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