[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12576-12577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5714]


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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 USC 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 22, 2000, a 
proposed Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Northrop 
Grumman Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. CV-00-1070, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New 
York. The proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United States' 
claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 USC 9601 et seq., on behalf of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against defendants 
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Marmon Corporation. Occidental Chemical 
Corporation, Town of Oyster Bay, Jakobson Shipyard, Inc., and Keyspan 
Corporation relating to the Syosset Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') 
located in the Village of Syosset, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau 
County, New York. The Complaint alleges that the Town of Oyster Bay is 
liable as an owner and/or operator of the Site pursuant to Section 
107(a)(2) of CERCLA, 42 USC 9607(a)(2). The remaining defendants are 
liable as generators, or successors to generators, who arranged for the 
disposal of hazardous substances possessed by them at the Site pursuant 
to Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA, 42 USC 9607(a)(3).
    Under the terms of the Decree, the settling defendants will deposit 
into interest-bearing escrow accounts, within 30 days of receipt of 
this Notice, $890,000 in reimbursement of EPA's past response costs 
incurred at the Site. Within 20 days after notice of entry of the 
Decree, settling defendants will withdraw and pay to the United States 
all principal and accrued interest from the designated escrow accounts.
    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, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. Northrop Grumman 
Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. CV-00-1070, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
491/1.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney,

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Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 
11201, and at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.


Bruce S. Gelber
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-5714 Filed 3-8-00; 8:45 am]
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