[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32611]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Viacom 
International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 
7:99CV00850 (W.D. Va.), was lodged on November 23, 1999, with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The 
consent decree resolves the United States claims against three 
defendants with respect to response costs incurred, pursuant to section 
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the clean-up of the 
Old Salem Tannery Site, located near Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia. 
Under the consent decree, defendants Viacom International Inc./Pacific 
Communications, Hercules Incorporated, and Yokohama Tire Corporation 
will pay the United States $150,000 in reimbursement of a portion of 
the response costs incurred in connection with the clean-up of the 
Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty days after entry of the 
consent decree by the Court.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Viacom International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et 
al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06312.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105 Franklin Road, 
SW, Suite One, Roanoke, Virginia 24011; and the Region III Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed decree may be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (.25 cents 
per page production costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32611 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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