[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12572-12573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6279]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 7, 2002, a 
proposed Partial Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States of 
America v. AlliedSignal Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 95-CV-0950-
C(Sc), and United States of America v. Niagara Frontier Transportation 
Authority, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 96-CV-0219C(Sc), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of New 
York.
    In these consolidated actions, the United States sought 
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States in 
connection with clean up activities at the Bern Metals and Universal 
Iron and Metals Superfund Sites located in the City of Buffalo, Erie 
County, New York. The proposed Decree will resolve the United States' 
claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 
defendants AlliedSignal Inc. (now Honeywell International,

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Inc.), General Motors Corporation, National Fuel Gas Distribution 
Corporation, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Niagara 
Frontier Transportation Authority, and Niagara Frontier Transit Metro 
System, Inc. relating to the Sites. The settling defendants are alleged 
to be liable as generators, or sucessors to generators, who arranged 
for the disposal of hazardous substances at the Sites, pursuant to 
section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(3). The Decree provides 
that the settling defendants will collectively pay $2,745,585 to the 
United States in reimbursement of EPA's past response costs incurred at 
the Sites ($2,002,904.62 for EPA's past response costs at the Bern 
Metals Site and $742,680 for EPA's past response costs at the Universal 
Iron and Metals Site).
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this application, comments relating to the 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. AlliedSignal Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1147, 
and United States v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Inc., 
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1571.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Western District of New York, 138 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, 
New York 14202, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. A copy of the Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-6279 Filed 3-18-02; 8:45 am]
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