[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11877-11878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5881]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 10, 2003, a proposed 
consent decree in United States versus Ponderosa Fibres of America, 
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 99-CV-1305 (FJS/RWS), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
    The United States' Amended Complaint in this action alleges that 
Ponderosa Fibres of America, Inc. (``PFA''), Martin Bernstein and 
Jerome Goodman are jointly and severally liable for past and future 
response costs, currently totaling over $1.5 million, incurred by the 
United States in connection with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency's removal of hazardous substances from the St. Lawrence Pulp and 
Paper Superfund Site in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York 
(``Site'').
    The proposed Consent Decree, lodged on February 5, resolves the 
United States' cost recovery claim, pursuant to Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and potential contribution claims by 
other parties against Defendant Jerome

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Goodman for $75,000, to be paid in two installments of $37,500 each, 
thirty (30) days and two years after entry of the Decree, respectively.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the U.S. Department of Justice will accept comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, c/o David L. Weigert, Esq., Environmental 
Enforcement Section, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States versus Ponderosa Fibres 
of America, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 99-CV-1305 (FJS/RWS), DJ 
 90-11-2-1223/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, 231 Foley U.S. 
Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany, New York and at the offices of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New 
York, New York. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or 
by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 03-5881 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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