[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47089-47090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20071]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Sec.  50.7 and section 122 of the 
Comprehensive

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Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. Sec.  9622, notice is hereby given that on July 29, 2003, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Reynolds Metal Co., Civil 
Action No. 03-CV-0952, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of New York.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought reimbursement of 
response costs incurred with respect to the Reynolds Metals Company 
Study Area (the ``Site'') in Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York. 
The Complaint alleges that the defendant is liable under Section 
107(a), 42 U.S.C. Sec.  9607(a), of CERCLA. Pursuant to the consent 
decree, defendant will pay $1,523,965.31 plus interest to reimburse the 
United States for costs incurred by EPA 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 
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. Reynolds Metals Co., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07968.
    The Consent Degree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, James T. Foley Federal Building, 445 Broadway, Albany, 
New York, New York, 12207, and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, 
17th Floor, New York, 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the 
Consent Degree, may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Consent Degree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Degree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 
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 Degree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Catherine McCabe,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-20071 Filed 8-6-03; 8:45 am]
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