[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 205 (Monday, October 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27170]


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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 Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Federal Mogul, 
Inc. and Paikes Enterprises, Inc., Civil Action No. 00-4977 (E.D. Pa.) 
was lodged on October 3, 2000, with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves 
the claims of the United States against Federal Mogul, Inc. and Paikes 
Enterprises, Inc. under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for reimbursement of response costs 
incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in 
connection with the Hellertown Manufacturing Site located in 
Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Under the terms of the 
consent decree, EPA would receive $4.6 million in costs incurred by EPA 
at the Site.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Federal Mogul, Inc. and Paikes Enterprises, Inc. DOJ # 
90-11-2-770/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the offices of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, 
PA 19106-4476. A copy of the consent decree may also be obtained by 
mail from the U.S. Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27170 Filed 10-20-00; 8:45 am]
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