[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17718-17719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8739]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that on March 12, 2002, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. Atlas-Lederer 
Co., et al., Civil Action No. C-3-91-309, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
    In this action the United States seeks the reimbursement of 
response costs in connection with the United Scrap Lead Superfund Site 
in Troy, Miami County, Ohio (``Site'') pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Consent Decree resolves the United State' 
claims against defendants Beckner Iron & Metal, Decatur Salvage Inc., 
Ebner & Sons Co., Inc., Mid-Ohio Battery Inc., the Ohio Department of 
Transportation, and United Salvage Co., Inc., for response costs 
incurred as a result of the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Site. Five of these settlements are ``ability-to-
pay'' settlements based on financial analyses conducted by the 
Department's Antitrust Corporate Finance Unit. One settlement, with the 
Ohio Department of Transportation (``ODOT''), was agreed to in 
principle in early 2000 based on ODOT's relative contribution of waste 
to the Site, but could not be finalized in time for inclusion in a 
prior Consent Decree executed in April 2000. The six settling parties 
collectively will pay the United States $93,595. The United States' 
remaining outstanding costs exceed $8,500,000 and are being sought from 
the eleven remaining defendants in this case.
    The Consent Decree also resolves the United Scrap Lead Respondent 
Group's (``Respondent Group'') CERCLA claims against the same parties 
for response costs incurred by the Respondent Group in cleaning up the 
Site under an earlier Consent Decree. The settling parties will pay the 
Respondent Group a total of $64,247.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to United 
States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. Atlas-Lederer Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-279B.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, Federal Building Room 
602,200 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio, or at the Region 5 Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60606-3590. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,

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1425 New York Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing Tonia 
Fleetwood at (202) 616-6584. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.75 (27 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-8739 Filed 4-10-02; 8:45 am]
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