[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6644]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree with Vulcan 
International Corporation (``Vulcan''), one of the defendants in an 
action filed by the United States in March 1990 entitled United States 
v. Re-Solve, Inc., Civil Action No. 90-10490K (D. Mass.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 
on March 10, 2003. In the action, the United States brought a claim 
pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C 9607(A), against 
Vulcan, as well as a number of other parties, seeking to recover past 
costs with respect to the Re-Solve, Inc. Superfund Site located in 
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts (the ``Site''), as well as a declaratory 
judgment of liability with respect to future costs to be incurred by 
the United States at the Site. Pursuant to the terms of the proposed 
Consent Decree, Vulcan has agreed to pay the United States $3.8 million 
within 30 days of the Court's entry of the Consent Decree, plus 
interests on this amount accruing from November 1, 2002 at the CERCLA 
rate of interest. The United States will provide Vulcan with a covenant 
not to sue, pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. Sec.  9606 and 9607(a), with regard to the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of up to 
thirty 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, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Re-Solve, Inc., Civil Action 90-10490K (D. 
Mass.), DOJ No. 90-11-2-58A. A copy of the comments should also be sent 
to Donald G. Frankel, Trial Attorney, Environmental Enforcement 
Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, One Gateway Center, Suite 616, Newton, Massachusetts 02458.
    The proposed Consent Decree may also be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, One Courthouse Way, Suite 
9200, Boston, MA 02210 (contact Bunker Henderson at 617-748-3100) or at 
EPA Region 1, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023 
(contact Jill Metcalf at 617-918-1088). During the public comment 
period, the 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 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 or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547, referencing the Vulcan 
International Corporation consent decree in United States v. Re-Solve, 
Inc., DOJ No. 90-11-2-58A. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-6644 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]
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