[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5713]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States of America v. Raymark Industries, Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:97CV00035 (D. Conn.), was lodged on February 18, 
2000 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Connecticut. The proposed consent decree resolves potential claims of 
the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. Secs. 9601-9675, against third-party defendant the Town of 
Stratford, Connecticut. These potential claims are for recovery of 
costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States with respect to 
certain municipal properties included within the Raymark Industries, 
Inc. Superfund Site (``Site'') in Stratford, Connecticut.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the Town of 
Stratford will (1) Pay the United States $487,832 in partial 
reimbursement of past and future federal response costs with respect to 
the Site; (2) Provide EPA with continuing access to Town properties 
that are part of the Site; and (3) Establish a public registry of those 
municipal and residential properties within the Town of Stratford that 
contain residual hazardous waste which was not removed during response 
actions by EPA or the State of Connecticut at these properties.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20530, and should refer to United States v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 
et al., Civil Action No. 3:97CV00035 (D. Conn.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-
545E.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the offices of EPA 
Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023, and 
the Office of the United States Attorney, 915 Lafayette Blvd., 
Bridgeport, CT 06604. A copy may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy by mail, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs for the Decree and 
Appendix) made payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
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