[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24324]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Third Round De Minimis Consent Decree Under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 2, 2005, a proposed Third 
Round De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. Airco Co., et al. 
Civil Action No. 05-1671, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This Consent Decree 
relates to three other matters before the same Court: United States v. 
Allegheny Ludlum Corp., et al., C.A. No. 97-1863, United States v. 
Aetna, Inc., et al. No. 05-15, and United States v. Chevy Chase Cars, 
et al., C.A. No. 05-1222. All four matters are Superfund cost recovery 
actions commenced by the United States against potentially responsible 
parties relating to the Breslube Penn Superfund Site in Coraopolis, 
Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
    In the Airco Co., et al. action, the United States seeks the 
recovery of response costs incurred in connection with the Breslube 
Penn Superfund Site. The complaint alleges that each of the named 
defendants arranged for the treatment and/or disposal of wastes 
containing hazardous substances at the Site, within the meaning of 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a)(3). The complaint names 20 defendants, each of which 
have signed the proposed Third Round De Minimis Consent Decree. Under 
the Airco Co., et al. Decree, each of the named defendants would pay a 
proportionate share of all past and future response costs incurred and 
to be incurred at the Site, plus a premium. In return for these 
payments, each defendant would receive a covenant not to sue by the 
United States, subject to certain reservations of rights, and 
contribution protection from suit by other potentially responsible 
parties. The total recovery under this Consent Decree should be 
approximately $412,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to this 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. 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, attention: Lisa 
A. Cherup, and should refer to United States v. Airco Co., et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-1762/3.
    The Airco Co., et al. Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney for Western District of Pennsylvania, at 
700 Grant Street, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (ask for Robert 
Eberhardt), and at U.S. EPA Region III's Office, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA (ask for Mary Rugala). During the public comment 
period, the United States v. Airco Co., et al. 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. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $11.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for 
a full copy of the consent decree, or $6.50, for a copy without 
signature pages, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-24324 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
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