[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24756-24757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11400]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on April 25, 2003, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Morgantown Engineering and Construction, Inc. 
(N.D.W.Va.), C.A. No. 1: 03CV56, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

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    In this action, the United States sought response costs incurred by 
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), pursuant to Section 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the 
clean-up of the Beaumont Glass Site, located in Morgantown, West 
Virginia. EPA incurred $7.3 million in response costs. The Consent 
Decree represents an ability-to-pay settlement with Morgantown 
Engineering and Construction, Inc. (``MEC''), the owner of the Site. 
Under the Consent Decree, MEC will pay EPA $250,000 in three 
installments over a period of two years. MEC will pay $25,000 within 30 
days after entry of the Consent Decree by the court and will pay 
$112,500, plus interest as provided in the Consent Decree, one year 
later, and a third payment of $112,500, plus interest, two years after 
the entry date.
    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 for the 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. Morgantown Engineering and Construction, 
Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-07651.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1100 Main Street, Suite 200, Wheeling, West 
Virginia 26003; and U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103. 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, 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 number (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 $6.00 
(.25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-11400 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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