[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3114]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Cornell University, Civ. No. 00-CV-0121 
(NAM), DOJ # 90-11-2-2/3, was lodged in the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of New York on January 21, 2000. The 
Consent Decree resolves the liability of defendant under section 107(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), relating to the Pollution 
Abatement Services Superfund Site in Oswego, New York (the ``Site'').
    Under the proposed consent decree, Cornell will cash out its 
liability for the Site, subjects to reopeners, by paying to the United 
States the sum of $30,000 in partial reimbursement of EPA's past 
response costs and paying $335,500 toward future operable unit 3 
(``OU3'') Site costs to the responsible parties who are performing OU3 
under an earlier consent decree. In exchange for the work and payment 
of response costs, Defendants will receive a covenant not to sue for 
response actions at the Site subject to certain reservations of rights.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Cornell University, Civ. No. 00-CV-0121 
(NAM), DOJ # 90-11-2-2/3.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley U.S. 
Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Room 231, Albany, New York 12207; and at the 
Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10278. Copies of the Consent Decree may be 
obtained by mail from the consent Decree Library, United States 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611 Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 
20044, (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 00-3114 Filed 2-9-00; 8:45 am]
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