[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40733-40734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13834]


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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 June 30, 
2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Estate of Samuel M. 
Jones, Branch Banking & Trust Co. of Virginia in its Representative 
Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Samuel M. Jones, and Sam's Junk, 
Recycle, Scrap & Materials Services, Inc., Case No. 1:05cv770 (LMB), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Virginia.
    In this civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), the United 
States seeks recovery of response costs from the Estate of Samuel M. 
Jones, Branch Banking & Trust Co. Of Virginia in its Representative 
Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Samuel M. Jones, and Sam's Junk, 
Recycle, Scrap & Materials Services (``Sam's Junk''), in connection

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with the Sam Jones Junkyard Site in Gainesville, Prince William County, 
Virginia (``the Site''). The Consent Decree requires the Estate of 
Samuel M. Jones and Sam's Junk to pay a total of $856,000 in 
reimbursement of past response costs relating to the Site. The Consent 
Decree also requires the Department of the Army and the General 
Services Administration to pay a total of $67,000 in reimbursement of 
past response costs.
    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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and refer to United 
States v. Estate of Samuel M. Jones, Branch Banking & Trust Co. of 
Virginia in its Representative Capacity as Executor of the Estate of 
Samuel M. Jones, and Sam's Junk, Recycle, Scrap & Materials Services, 
Inc. D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-08261.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East Main 
Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, VA 23219, 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, PO 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 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-13834 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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