[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23167]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is 
hereby given that on August 31, 2001, a Consent Decree in United States 
v. JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-CF-6426 T(F), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District 
of New York.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought injunctive relief and 
recovery of past and future costs, under Sections 106, 107, 113 and 122 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9707, 9613 and 9622, regarding the 
Jones Chemicals, Inc. Superfund Site (the ``Site'') in the Village of 
Caledonia, Livingstone County, New York. Under the terms of the Consent 
Decree, JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. (``Jones'') will pay $30,688.70 to 
the United States as reimbursement of past costs and agrees to 
reimburse the United States for all costs incurred in the future 
relating to the Site. Jones also agrees to perform the cleanup at the 
Site by implementing the remedy selected by EPA as set forth in the 
Record of Decision for the Site, which includes remediation of 
contaminated soil and ground water. The estimated costs of the cleanup 
that Jones will perform is $2.3 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07345.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Western District of New York, 138 Delaware 
Avenue, Buffalo, New York, and at EPA Region 2, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $55.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) for a copy including appendices, or $20.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy exclusive of 
appendices.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
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