[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36041-36042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16907]


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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 on June 17, 1999, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States versus Gene T. Jones, et 
al., Civil Action No. 98-C-1049-S was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
    In this action the United States sought the recovery of the United 
States' response costs regarding the Jones Tire and Battery Superfund 
Site (``the Site'') in Birmingham, Alabama. In the Consent Decree, the 
Settling Defendants agree to pay to the United States $600,221.87 for 
past response costs related to the removal conducted by the 
Environmental Protection Agency. The Settling Defendants consist of the 
Site operator and 48 generator defendants. The United States also 
intends to dismiss without prejudice the remaining defendants from the 
action, thereby resolving the case in its entirety.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC, 20530, and should refer to United States 
versus Gene T. Jones, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-986/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert Vance Federal 
Bldg., 1800 5th Ave. N, Room 200, Birmingham, AL 35203-2198, at U.S. 
EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may be 
obtained in person or by mail from

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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 $16.75 (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. 99-16907 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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