[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49951-49952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19384]


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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 July 22, 2002, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Axel Johnson Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 
7:00-CV-252-F(1), was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of North Carolina.
    In this action the United States sought under section 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the recovery of past response costs with 
respect to the Potter Septic Tank Service Pits Superfund Site, located 
in the Town of Sandy Creek,

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Brunswick County, North Carolina. The defendants in the action are Axel 
Johnson Inc. and Sprague Energy Corp. The consent decree resolves 
claims for past and future response costs at the Site against both 
defendants. Under the consent decree, defendants have agreed to pay 
$5,700,000 to the Superfund toward EPA's past and future 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 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. Axel Johnson Inc. et al., DJ # 90-11-3-06749.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 310 
New Bern Avenue, Suite 800, Federal Building, Raleigh, NC 27601, and at 
the Region 4 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. A copy of the 
proposed consent 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 $5.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. The check should refer 
to United States v. Axel Johnson Inc. et al., DJ # 90-11-3-06749.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-19384 Filed 7-31-02; 8:45 am]
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