[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20160]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decrees in Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act Action

    Notice is hereby given that two consent decrees in United States et 
al. v. ALCOA et al., Civil Action No. 89-7421, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 
on July 26, 1999.
    On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a complaint against 18 
generator and owner/operator defendants under section 108(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States at the Moyer Landfill Superfund Site in 
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (the ``Site''). The Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania joined the action as plaintiff seeking reimbursement of 
its response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site. The 
proposed consent decree resolves the liability of the City of 
Philadelphia and three agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
subject to reopeners for new information and new site conditions. The 
City of Philadelphia agrees to pay $4 million in reimbursement of 
response costs at the Site. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies 
agree to pay a total of $639.347 in reimbursement of response costs at 
the Site and to contribute approximately $112,000 worth of operation 
and maintenance activities at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decrees 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, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044 and refer to United States et al. v. ALCOA et al., DOJ No. 90-
11-3-145. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106; the Region III 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 624-0892. 
Copies of the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). When requesting copies by mail, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 for the City of 
Philadelphia consent decree and a check in the amount of $7.00 for the 
Commonwealth agencies consent decree (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, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-20160 Filed 8-6-99; 8:45 am]
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