[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28570]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on October 16, 2001, 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. John Evans Sons, Inc., 
and Ametek, Inc., Civ. Action No. 01-5262 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.
    In this action, the United States is seeking injunctive relief and 
response costs pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., 
in connection with the North Penn Area Six Superfund Site (``Site''), 
which consists of a number of separate parcels of property within and 
adjacent to the Borough of Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 
The proposed consent decree will resolve the United States' claims 
against John Evans Sons, Inc., and Ametek, Inc. (``Settling 
Defendants'') in connection with the Site. Settling Defendants will 
perform part of the remedial action selected by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, with projected costs of $615,475.000. Settling 
Defendants also will reimburse the United States $79,131.25 in past 
response costs and will pay for future response costs. The consent 
decree includes covenants not to sue by the United States under section 
107 of CERCLA.
    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, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 and should 
refer to United States v. John Evans' Sons, Inc. and Ametek, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-06024/6.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, 
PA 19016, and at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A copy of the consent 
decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $23.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28570 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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