[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11124]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree in Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Cost Recovery 
Action

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Partial Consent Decree in United States v. American 
Scrap Company, Civil Action No. 1:99-CV-2047, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on 
April 20, 2001. This Partial Consent Decree resolves the United States' 
claims against Hornell Waste Material Co., Inc., Midlane Salvage Co., 
Inc., Russell I. Young and Barbara Garry (``Settling Defendants'') 
under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for 
response costs incurred at the Jack's Creek/Sitkin Smelting Superfund 
Site in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The Partial Consent Decree 
requires the Settling Defendants to pay a total of $45,000 in past 
resposne costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Partial Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044 and refer to United States v. American Scrap Company, DOJ # 
90-11-2-911/1.
    Copies of the proposed Partial Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108, and at EPA 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. A copy of 
the proposed Partial Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the 
U.S. Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. When requesting a copy of the proposed 
Partial Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five 
cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the amount of $8.50, and reference United States v. 
American Scrap Company, DOJ # 90-11-2-911/1.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmenal Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 01-11124 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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