[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 56555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8298]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 18, 2006, a proposed 
consent decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Thomasville 
Furniture Industries, Inc. et al., Civ. No. 6:05CV00001, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Virginia.
    In this action, the United States sought, under Section 107(a) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), to recover costs incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in performing a drum removal 
action in 1999 at the Buckingham County Landfill Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in Dillwyn, Virginia from Buckingham County, a political 
subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, who is the current owner 
and operator of the Site. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, 
Buckingham County has agreed to pay $186,952 of EPA's unreimbursed 1999 
Drum Removal Costs of $196,791. This represents a 95% recovery of the 
1999 Drum Removal Costs. The County's payments will be made in three 
installments. The first payment of $62,318 will occur 30 days after 
entry of the Consent Decree. The next payment of $62,317 will occur one 
year after the entry of the Consent Decree, and the final payment of 
$62,317 will occur within 2 years of the entry of the Consent Decree. 
Under the Decree, the Country will receive a covenant not to sue for 
the 1999 Drum Removal Costs. The proposed settlement addresses past 
costs only, and thus the Consent Decree reserves all parties' rights 
with regard to future costs. The attached Consent Decree is consistent 
with the Superfund statue and is in the public interest.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. et al., Civ. 
No. 6:05CV00001. D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-07971.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Virginia, 105 Franklin Road, SW., 
Suite 1, Roanoke, VA 24011, 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, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $3.75 
(15 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the 
Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-8298 Filed 9-26-06; 8:45 am]
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