[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53736-53737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19980]


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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 August 24, 2004, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Ralph Bello, et al., 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. 
Defendant, The Torrington Company, named several

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third party defendants, alleging that the third party defendants sent 
hazardous substances to the Site. Third party defendants Armstrong 
Rubber; Carpenter Technology; and Pratt & Whitney (collectively ``the 
Settling Defendants'') are participating in the proposed settlement. 
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the Settling Defendants' liability 
to the United States for unreimbursed response costs at the Site. Under 
the proposed Decree, the Settling Defendants collectively agree to pay 
$35,745.05 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. 04-19980 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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