[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26248]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 2003, a proposed 
Consent Judgment in United States v. City of Glen Cove, et al., Civil 
Action No. CV-03-4975, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of New York.
    The Proposed Consent Judgment will resolve the United States' 
claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against defendants 
City of Glen Cove (``City''), and Wah Chang Smelting and Refining 
Company of America, Inc. (``WCSRCA'') in connection with the Li 
Tungsten Superfund Site in Glen Cove, New York. The proposed Consent 
Judgment also resolves the potential contribution liability of four 
Settling Federal Agencies, the Department of Defense, the General 
Services Administration, the Department of Commerce, and the Department 
of the Treasury, to the City and WCSRCA. Pursuant to the Consent 
Judgment, based on their respective ability to pay, the City will pay 
$1.6 million (in addition to the $3.6 million in funds and in-kind 
services it has already provided to EPA) and WCSRCA will pay $700,000 
to a Li Tungsten Site Special Account within the Superfund. The United 
States, on behalf of the Settling Federal Agencies, will pay $20 
million to the Special Account, and thereafter be required to make 
additional payments in the amount of 51 percent of the amount by which 
the total response costs at the Site exceed $39,216,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Judgment. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. City of Glen Cove, et al., Civil Action No. CV-03-
4975, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06561/2.
    The proposed Consent Judgment may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepont 
Plaza, 14th Fl., Brooklyn, New York 11201, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent 
Judgment 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 Judgment 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 no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Judgment, please so note and enclose a check in the amount of $14.25 
(25 cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-26248 Filed 10-16-03; 8:45 am]
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