[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26503]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree; Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
September 27, 2002, a consent decree was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Hampshire in two cases, United 
States v. AVX Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 02-436-M, and State of New 
Hampshire v. AVX Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 02-437-JD. In its 
complaint, the United States, on behalf of U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, asserted claims against two de minimis generator 
defendants under sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), seeking recovery of response 
costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Fletcher Paint 
Works and Storage Facility Superfund Site, in Milford, New Hampshire 
(``Site''). In its complaint, the State of New Hampshire asserted 
claims against the same defendants under Sections 106 and 107(a) of 
CERCLA and under New Hampshire RSA 147-B:10 seeking recovery of 
response costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Site. 
The proposed consent decree will resolve the United States' and the 
State's claims against two defendants. The de minimis consent decree 
requires the two defendants to pay $2,198,052 to the United States, 
which will be deposited into a special account to pay for response 
activities at the Site, and to pay $4,191 to the State.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed de minimis consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States v. AVX Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. 
No. 90-11-3-684/2.
    The proposed de minimis consent decree may be examined at the 
office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, 
55 Pleasant Street, Rm. 352, Concord, NH 03301; and the Region I office 
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 
1100, Boston, MA 02114. A copy of the proposed de minimis consent 
decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 payable 
to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-26503 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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