[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8986-8987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4214]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on February 11, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:04 
CV 242 (PCD), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Connecticut.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery for natural 
resource damages relating to the release of hazardous substances, 
including lead, and lead shot, at the site known as the Remington Gun 
Club--Lordship Point Gun Club Site, located in Stratford, Connecticut 
(``the Site''). The United States filed its complaint pursuant to 
section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), seeking 
recovery of all damages resulting from injuries to natural resources 
related to the Site, and the reasonable costs incurred in assessing 
such injuries. The complaint names defendant sporting Goods Properties, 
Inc. as the current owner of the Site and as the owner at the time of 
the release of hazardous substances. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc. 
was known as the Remington Arms Company, Inc. before November 30, 1993. 
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' natural 
resource damage claims against Sporting Goods Properties, Inc. Under 
the proposed Decree, the settling defendant agrees to pay approximately 
$250,000 in compensation for natural resource damages, and 
reimbursement for assessment costs. In addition, the settling defendant 
is required to install an indigenous grassland community 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 
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. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-06638.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT. 
During the public comment period, the Consent

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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 also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
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 
no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, without the attachments, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4214 Filed 2-25-04; 8:45 am]
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