[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53224-53225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22453]


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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 29 CFR 50.7 and Section 122 of the Comprehensive 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, 
the Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed consent decree, 
in United States v. Lord Crop. et al., Civil No. 4:89-CV-2001 (N.D. 
Ohio), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio on August 16, 2000, pertaining to the New 
Lyme Landfill Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Ashtabula 
County, Ohio. The proposed consent decree would resolve the United 
States' civil claims under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607, and Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 
amended (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, against 12 defendants, and claims 
asserted against 49 third-party defendants named in this action.
    Under the proposed consent decree, 11 Settling Performing Parties 
(Amcast Industrial Corp., General Electric Co., Lord Corp., Meritor 
Automotive, Inc., Molded Fiberglass Cos., Monogram Industries, Inc., 
PPG Industries, Inc., Premix, Inc., Reliance Electric Co., Waste 
Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.) would be obligated to finance and 
perform the remedy modification and operation and maintenance of the 
remedial action at the Site as specified in the Record of Decision 
(``ROD''), as modified by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 
(``EPA's'') ROD Amendment, issued November 16, 1999, at an estimated 
net present value cost of $800,000. The Settling Performing Parties 
would be required to reimburse the Superfund $16.2 million, plus 90% of 
interest accrued on settlement amounts deposited in a commercial escrow 
account, toward the United States' past costs at the Site. The Settling 
Performing Parties would be required to reimburse the State of Ohio 
(the ``State'') $1.8 million, plus 10% of interest accrued on 
settlement amounts deposited in commercial escrow account, toward the 
State's past costs at the Site. In addition, the Settling Performing 
Parties would be required to reimburse EPA's and the State's future 
response costs at the Site as well as documented oversight costs 
accruing since December 1, 1996. The remaining settling parties have 
been designated as Settling Non-Performing Parties or Settling De 
Minimis Parties and will pay amounts to the Settling Performing Parties 
in facilitation of the Settling Performing Parties' obligations under 
the proposed consent decree.
    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, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Lord Corp., Civil No. 4:89-CV-2001 (N.D. Ohio), and 
DOJ Reference No. 980-11-2-502. Commenters may request an opportunity 
for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 
7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank 
One Center, 600 Superior Avenue East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2600 (216-
622-3600); and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 
(contract: Jeffrey Cahn (312-886-6670)). A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference

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Number and enclose a check in the amount of $32.00 for the consent 
decree only (156 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), or 
$63.00 for the consent decree and all appendices (252 pages), made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22453 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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