[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45325-45326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21642]


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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 Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on August 15, 2001, a 
proposed Consent Decree as to Settling Defendants 2, concerning the 
Somersworth Landfill Site in Somersworth, New Hampshire,

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was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
New Hampshire in the action captioned United States v. CVS Corporation, 
et al., D.N.H., Civil No. 01-314-B. The proposed Consent Decree will 
resolve the claims of the United States, the State of New Hampshire, 
the City of Somersworth, and the General Electric Company under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., against (a) Samuel S. Mathews, 
(b) Facemate PL/GF, Inc., Facemate Corporation, Great Falls Bleachery 
and Dye Works, a division of Haffenreffer & Co., Inc., Haffenreffer & 
Co., Inc., Pond Lily Great Falls Company, Haffenreffer (New Hampshire), 
Inc., Great Falls Bleachery & Dye Works, Pond Lily Company, and Great 
Northern Industries, Inc. (collectively, the ``Facemate Companies''), 
(c) CVS Corporation and CVS New York, Inc., (d) Natalie Gardner, as 
Administratrix of the Estate of Fred Tanzer, and Ethlyne Golub, as an 
individual and as Executrix of the Estate of Burton Golub, and (e) Ron 
Currier's Hilltop Chevrolet, Inc., and Ronald A Currier, relating to 
the Somersworth Landfill Site.
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, these defendants have agreed to 
reimburse to the United States a total of $197,612 for past and 
oversight costs incurred and to be incurred by the EPA at the 
Somersworth Landfill Site and to pay a total of $1,119,796 in 
contribution to the City of Somersworth and the General Electric 
Company, the parties that are implementing the remedial design and 
remedial action at the Site pursuant to a previous Consent Decree 
entered in United States v. City of Somersworth, et al., D.N.H., Civil 
Action No. 96-46-JD, in 1996.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of publication of this Notice comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree as to Settling Defendants 2. Any comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should reference the 
following case name and number: United States v. CVS Corporation, et. 
Al., Civil Action No. 01-314-B, D.J. # 90-11-3-1311/1. In addition, 
because the Consent Decree as to Settling Defendants 2 includes 
covenants not to sue the Settling Defendants 2 under Section 7003 of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, the United 
States will provide an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected 
area, if requested within the thirty (30) day public comment period. 
See 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d).
    The proposed Consent Decree as to Settling Defendants 2 may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, District of New 
Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, c/o 
Gretchen Witt, Esq., (603) 225-1552, or at the Region One office of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress St., Boston, MA 
02203, c/o Robert Phocas, Esq., (617) 918-1758. A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree as to Settling Defendants 2 may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, c/o Peggy Fenlon-Gore, (202) 514-
5245. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$10.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-21642 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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