[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3550-3551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1584]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, As 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec.  50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on January 7, 2003, a proposed

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consent decree in United States v. Town of Middletown, Civil Action No. 
03-011T, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Rhode Island. This proposed consent decree resolves the 
United States' claims on behalf of the Department of the Interior 
(``DOI'') under the Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against the 
Town of Middletown (``the Town'') for response costs that have been or 
will be incurred at the former Town of Middletown Landfill (``the 
Site'') located within and adjacent to the Saschuest Point National 
Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island.
    The constant decree requires the Town to pay $1.5 million to the 
United States as reimbursement for the past and future costs of the 
cleanup of the Site.
    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, 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. Town of Middletown, D.J. Ref. 90-11-
3-07264.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Fleet Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th Floor, 
Providence, RI 02903, and at the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C. St., NW., Washington, DC 20240-001 
(contact John Seymour: (202) 219-3383). A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may also be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page 
reproduction cost) in the amount of $4.50 payable to the ``U.S. 
Treasury.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-1584 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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