[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1645]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States v. Ambroid Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 97-
11377-JLT, was lodged on January 13, 2000, with the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed consent 
decree resolves the claims of the United States against J. Frank 
Strauss and Robert M. Kuzara in a complaint filed against these 
parties, and several others, pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607. In the complaint, which was filed on 
June 17, 1997, the United States sought the recovery of past 
unreimbursed response costs incurred by the United States in connection 
with a drum removal action performed at the Yankee Chemical Superfund 
Site, located at 600 West Water Street, in Taunton, Massachusetts (the 
``Site''). The settlement also resolves the claims of the United States 
against Bank Hapoalim, B.M., a third-party defendant in the action. 
Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the Settling Defendants will 
reimburse the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in the amount of 
$50,000. The United States has provided a covenant not to sue under 
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, as well 
as pursuant to Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 6973, with respect to the site.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Amoroid Company, Inc., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-
3-1747. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at EPA Region 1, 
located at One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114 (contact 
Peter DeCambre, 617-918-1890). 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, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).

Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-1645 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M