[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1296]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Corning, Inc. and First Piedmont Corp., 
Civil Action No. 4:01CV00062, was lodged on October 30, 2001 with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The 
consent decree resolves the United States' claims against defendants 
with respect to past costs incurred in response to contamination at the 
First Piedmont Rock Quarry (Route 719) Site in Pittsylvania County, 
Virginia, pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    Under the consent decree, defendants will pay the United States 
$973,095 in reimbursement of past response costs incurred in connection 
with the Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty (30) days after 
entry of the consent decree by the Court. As part of the proposed 
settlement, defendants will receive a covenant not to sue for and 
contribution protection for past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication, comments relating to the proposed consent decree 
that were previously submitted during the original comment period. Any 
persons who previously submitted comments should resubmit those 
comments. As a result of the discovery of anthrax contamination at the 
District of Columbia mail processing center in mid-October, 2001, the 
delivery of regular first-class mail sent through the U.S. Postal 
Service has been disrupted. Consequently, public comments which are 
addressed to the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and sent by 
regular, first-class mail through the U.S. Postal Service are not 
expected to be received in a timely manner. Therefore, comments should 
be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, and sent: (1) c/o Natalie 
Katz, USEPA Region III (3RC42), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103 and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-0296; and/or (3) by 
overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal Service, to 
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., 
13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication should refer on 
its face to United States v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Corning, Inc. 
and First Piedmont Corp., DOJ # 90-11-3-07144.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 105 
Franklin Road, SW., Suite One, Roanoke, Virginia 24008 and at the 
Region 3 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone 
confirmation no. (202) 514-1547. There is a charge for the copy (25 
cent per page reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a 
check payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'', in the amount of $4.75, to: 
Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. The check should refer to United States v. 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Corning, Inc. and First Piedmont Corp., DOJ 
# 90-11-3-07144.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1296 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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