[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-95]


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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 proposed partial consent decree in United States v. 
The Ed Krewatch Partnership, Antonio v. Nero, Gardner Asphalt 
Corporation, Emulsion Products Company, and Raymond T. Hyer, Jr., Civil 
Action No. 01:659, was lodged with the United States Court for the 
District of Delaware on September 28, 2001.
    The proposed partial consent decree pertains to the Krewatch Farm 
Superfund Site (``Site''), located near Seaford, Delaware. The United 
States has sued a number of defendants pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover past response costs incurred 
at the Site. Two defendants, Antonio V. Nero and The Ed Krewatch 
Partnership (``Settling Defendants''), have agreed to a settlement 
memorialized in the partial consent decree. In the settlement, 
defendant Antonio V. Nero agrees to pay $10,000 for reimbursement of 
costs expended in the cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency. 
Defendant The Ed Krewatch Partnership agrees to pay $152,000 in cash 
and 40% of the proceeds of the sale of the farm on which the Site is 
located. In addition, The Ed Krewatch Partnership agrees to reimburse 
$22,667.25 to the state environmental agency Delaware Department of 
Natural Resources and Environmental Control (``DNREC'').
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. The Ed Krewatch Partnership, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-3-
07224.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Delaware, 1201 N. Market Street, 
Wilmington, DE and at the Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1650 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the 
proposed consent decree may 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 refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $9.75 ($.25 per page reproduction 
cost), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-95 Filed 1-2-02; 8:45 am]
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