[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25508]


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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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on August 19, 1999, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Cape Chem Corporation, et 
al., Civil Action No. 97-11851 MLW, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed Consent 
Decree will resolve the United States' claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') against defendants relating to the Payne Cutlery 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The 
Complaint alleges that each of the defendants is liable under Section 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling defendants agree to 
pay $70,000 of the approximately $233,000 in EPA's response costs, plus 
interest from July 27, 1999. This settlement is based upon the settling 
defendant's ability to pay.
    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. Any 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 v. Cape Chem Corporation, Civil Action No. 97-11851 
MLW, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1269.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined in the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts and at Region I, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, JFK Federal Building, 
Boston, MA 02203-2211. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the 
amount of $5.00 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25508 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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