[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 7391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3522]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on February 3, 2003, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Charles George Trucking Company, Inc., et. al., Civil 
Action No. 85-2463-WD, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts.
    In this action the United States sought cost recovery and natural 
resource damages under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') and the Resource 
Conservation Recovery Act (``RCRA'') against Charles George, Sr., 
Dorothy George and the Charles George Land Reclamation Trust 
(collectively, the ``settling defendants'') and other defendants (who 
have settled under prior agreements) with respect to the Charles George 
Land Reclamation Trust Superfund Site in Tynsborough, Massachusetts. 
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the settling defendants 
will pay up to $3.8 million to reimburse the United States and the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts for costs incurred at the Site. In 
addition, to resolve the governments' claims of natural resource 
damages at the Site, the settling defendants will impose a conservation 
restriction on approximately 15 acres of undeveloped land in 
Tynsborough, Massachusetts. This settlement is the third and final 
settlement entered into by the United States concerning response costs 
at this Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed 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, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Charles George Trucking Company, et. al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-91. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting 
in the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1 Courthouse Way, Suite 9200, Boston, Massachusetts 
02210, and at U.S. EPA Region I, One Congress Street--Suite 1100, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02114. 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 $14.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-3522 Filed 2-12-03; 8:45 am]
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