[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7295]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with CERCLA section 122(d)(2), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
and Departmental policy in 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
March 7, 2003, two proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. GPU, 
Inc., et al, consolidated Civil Action Nos. 96-338, and 97-468, were 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Delaware.
    In this action, the United States sought: implementation of a 
unilateral administrative order issued by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), civil penalties for failure to comply with 
that order, and recovery of environmental response costs incurred and 
to be incurred by the United States, all in connection with the Dover 
Gas Light Superfund Site, located in Dover, Delaware (``Site''). The 
first Consent Decree requires General Public Utilities, Inc. (``GPU''), 
now known as FirstEnergy, to pay $700,000 in response costs, pay a 
civil penalty of $100,000, perform environmental studies near the Site, 
and in conjunction with co-plaintiff Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, 
pay EPA $1,700,000 for any groundwater remedy that may be implemented 
in the future. A second Consent Decree resolves claims against the 
State of Delaware. The State of Delaware is required to pay $1,000,000, 
for reimbursement of response costs incurred by EPA and Chesapeake 
Utilities, and to perform maintenance work at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
U.S. v. GPU, et al., D.J. Ref.  90-11-2-1055. The Consent 
Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, c/
o Patricia Hannigan, Assistant United States Attorney, 1201 Market 
Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, and at U.S. EPA Region III, c/o Patricia 
Miller, Senior Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103. During the public comment period, the Consent Decrees may be 
examined on the DOJ Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decrees may also 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 $11.00 
for the U.S. v. Delaware Consent Decree, and $40.00 for the U.S. v. GPU 
Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy of the FirstEnergy Consent Decree 
exclusive of exhibits and Defendants' signatures, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $22.25 payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-7295 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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