[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26774-26775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12376]


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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 a partial Consent Decree in United 
States v. Agway, Inc., et. al, Civil Action No.99-CV-0708 (N.D.N.Y.) 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of New York on May 6, 1999.
    The proposed partial consent decree resolves claims asserted by the 
United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), against Agway, Inc., General Electric Co., Metalworking 
Lubricants Co., and Nycomed, Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') under 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607. The proposed 
partial consent decree would not resolve any claims against the 
remaining defendant, Schenectady International, Inc., under Section 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607. The claims sought to 
recover past response costs incurred at the Friedrichsohn's Cooperate 
(``Site'') in the Town of Waterford, New York. The United States 
alleged that the four setting defendants are liable as the generators 
of the hazardous waste disposed of at the Site under Section 107(a)(3) 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1). The Complaint states claims against 
the Settling Defendants under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9607, for reimbursement of response costs. The proposed partial 
Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendants to reimburse the United 
States $490,000 in past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Agway, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 99-C-0708 (N.D.N.Y.), DJ #90-11-2-1335.
    Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 45 
Broadway, Room 231, Albany, NY 12207; at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866; 
and at the Consent Decree

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Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may also be obtained in person 
or by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the consent 
decree by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (twenty-
five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12376 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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