[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8557-8558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4432]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 12, 
2002, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Franc Motors, et 
al., Civil Action No. 3:02CV71(AWT), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Connecticut.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery of over $1.6 
million of costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency in conducting a removal action at the National Oil Service 
Superfund Site in West Haven, Connecticut. The United States filed its 
complaint pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 
seeking recovery of over $1.6 million. The complaint named 8 defendants 
which arranged for the disposal of waste oil at the Site. The proposed 
Consent Decree resolves the United States' cost recovery claims against 
all of those defendants. Under the proposed Consent Decree, settling 
defendants collectively agree to pay over $300,000 in partial 
reimbursement of the United States' 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. 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 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.

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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 Eve Vaudo, U.S. E.P.A. Region 1, One Congress 
Street, Boston, MA 02114-2023; (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. Franc Motors, et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-07333/3.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT, 
and at the Region 1 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One 
Congress Stree, Boston, MA. 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 
cents per page reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail 
a check payable to the ``U.S. Treasury,'' in the amount of amount of 
five dollars ($5.00) to the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The check should 
refer to United States v. Franc Motors, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07333/3.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-4432 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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