[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7467]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on April 1, 
2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Diamond State 
Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr, Nancy A. Sherr, 
Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and 
Delmarva Power & Light Company, Civil Action No. 05-76, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
    In this civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), the United 
States seeks recovery of response costs from Diamond State Salvage 
Company, Inc., the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and 
Delmarva Power & Light Company in connection with the Diamond State 
Salvage Superfund Site in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 
(``the Diamond State Salvage Site''). The Consent Decree requires the 
Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power & 
Light Company to pay a total of $324,000 in reimbursement of response 
costs relating to the Diamond State Salvage Site. Diamond State Salvage 
Company, the current owner of the Diamond State Salvage Site, is not a 
party to the Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and refer to United 
States v. Diamond State Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr, 
Nancy A. Sherr, Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr 
Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1275.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite 
1100, Wilmington, DE 19899-2046 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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 
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 
number (202) 514-1547. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 for the Consent 
Decree only or $15.50 for the Consent Decree and attachments thereto 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7467 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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