[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2831]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to section 122(d) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 
50.7 notice is hereby given that on January 13, 2003, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Regional Refuse District No. 1, et 
al., Civ. No. 3:03CV84 (PCD), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Connecticut.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of costs incurred, 
and injunctive relief requiring performance of response actions at the 
Barkhamsted-New Hartford Landfill Superfund Site located adjacent to 
and southwest of Route 44, in the Towns of Barkhamsted and New 
Hartford, Connecticut. The Consent Decree requires that the settling 
parties pay $483,304.55 in reimbursement of past response costs; 
implement EPA's September 28, 2001 Record of Decision (``ROD''); pay 
the governments' future oversight costs; and implement certain 
institutional controls, including recordation of land/water use 
restrictions.
    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, 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. Regional Refuse District No. 1, et al., Civ. No. 
3:03CV84 (PCD), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-830/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 157 Church Street, 23rd Floor, New Haven, CT, and at 
U.S. EPA Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA. A copy of 
the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. 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 $58.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy 
exclusive of exhibits, defendants' signatures, and appendices, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $11.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-2831 Filed 2-5-03; 8:45 am]
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