[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19950]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that nine proposed consent decrees in United 
States v. Mountain Metal Company, et al., Civil Action No. CV-98-C-
2562-S, and consolidated action Exide Corporation and Johnson Controls, 
Inc. v. Aaron Scrap Metals, et al., Civil Action No. CV-98-J-2886-S, 
were lodged on August 1, 2000 with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division.
    In these actions, the United States has sought recovery of response 
costs under section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, and Exide 
Corporation and Johnson Controls, Inc. have sought recovery of response 
costs under section 113 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613, against over forty 
defendants with respect to the Interstate Lead Company (``ILCO'') 
Superfund Site, located in Leeds, Jefferson County, Alabama (``the 
Site'').
    The United States has now agreed to settlement of its claims under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for existing 
contamination at the Site with respect to nine defendants: (1) Arch 
Metals, Inc.; (2) Del's Metals Co., Inc.; (3) Harry Gordon Scrap 
Materials, Inc.; (4) Kar-Life Battery Company, Inc.; (5) Lead Products 
Co., Inc.; (6) Mixon, Inc.; (7) Mountain Metal Company, Inc.; (8) T.A. 
Pollack Co., Inc.; and (9) Wooster Iron & Metal Company f/k/a Metallics 
Recycling, Inc. Under the consent decrees, the companies will pay the 
following amounts to the United States: (1) $17,000 for Arch Metals, 
Inc.; (2) $20,400 for Del's Metals, Inc.; (3) $83,640 for Harry Gordon 
Scrap Materials, Inc.; (4) $11,560 for Kar-Life Battery Company, Inc.; 
(5) $90,870 for Lead Products Co., Inc.; (6) $17,820 for Mixon, Inc.; 
(7) $170,000 for Mountain Metal Company, Inc.; (8) $14,500 for T.A. 
Pollack Co., Inc. and (9) $63,933 for Wooster Iron & Metal Company f/k/
a Metallics Recycling, Inc.
    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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Mountain Metal Company, et al., Civil 
Action No. CV-98-C-2562-S, and consolidated action Exide Corporation 
and Johnson Controls, Inc., v. Aaron Scrap Metals, et al., Civil Action 
No. CV-98-J-2886-S, and DOJ # 90-11-2-108/2.
    Any of the proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert 
S. Vance Federal Building & Courthouse, 1800 5th Ave. N., Room 200, 
Birmingham, AL 35203-2198, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303. A copy of any 
of the proposed Consent Decrees also 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 enclose a check in 
the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) per Consent 
Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-19950 Filed 8-7-00; 8:45 am]
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