[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 108 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31638-31639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12621]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 26, 2004, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Ralph Bello, et. al.,

[[Page 31639]]

Civil Action No. 3:01 CV 1568 (SRU), was lodged with the United States 
District court for the District of Connecticut.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery of response costs 
incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 
conducting a soil cleanup removal action at the National Oil Service 
Superfund Site in West Haven, Connecticut. 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 response costs incurred at the Site. The 
complaint named five defendants, four of which are participating in the 
proposed settlement: Ralph Bello, Vera Bello, Vera Associates Limited 
Partnership, and the real property address at 16-20 Elm Street, West 
Haven, Connecticut (collectively ``the Owner/Operator Defendants''). 
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' cost recovery 
claims against each of the Owner/Operator Defendants or Settling 
Defendants. Under the proposed Decree, the Settling Defendants 
collectively agree to pay $150,000 in partial reimbursement of the 
United States' response costs.
    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. Ralph Bello, et.al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07333/
1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 1, One Congress Street, Boston, MA. During the 
public comment period, the 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 also 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 no. (202) 514-1547. For a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree including the signature pages and attachments, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to ``U.S. Treasury.''

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-12621 Filed 6-3-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M