[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 17719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8741]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    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-3-309, 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 (``the 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 States' 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 of 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, P.O. 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 60604-3590. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 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.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-8741 Filed 4-10-02; 8:45 am]
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