[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66195-66196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9167]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree, under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended (``CERCLA'')

    Pursuant to 29 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on October 31, 
2006, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Bill D. Stallings 
and Stallings Salvage, Inc., Civil action No. 3:05CV247-H, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of North 
Carolina.
    This Consent decree will resolve claims asserted by the United 
States in a complaint previously filed against defendants Bill D. 
Stallings and Stallings Salvage, Inc., for past costs incurred by EPA 
at the Stallings Salvage Site in Monroe, North Carolina. A

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complaint was filed on May 31, 2005, alleging that defendant Bill D. 
Stallings is liable as a past owner of the Site at the time of disposal 
pursuant to CERCLA Section 107(a)(2), and that defendant Stallings 
Salvage, Inc. is liable as an operator at the Site at the time of 
disposal, also pursuant to CERCLA 107(a)(2).
    The Defendants agree to pay to the EPA Hazardous Substance 
Superfund the principal sum of $150,000 plus accrued interest, to be 
made in five installments. The first payment, in the amount of $10,000, 
is due within 30 days of entry of the Consent Decree. There will be 
three subsequent annual payments of $39,750.00 each, and a fourth and 
final annual payment consisting of the remaining principal owed, plus 
accrued interest. The final payment should be in roughly the same 
amount as the previous payments, depending on the actual interest rates 
each year. The Consent Decree provides that the annual payments will be 
funded through an escrow account to be established by the Defendants.
    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. Bill D. Stallings and Stallings Salvage, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-08007/1.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 227 West 
Trade St., Suite 1650, Charlotte, NC 28202, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 
Office of Regional Counsel, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. 
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/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 $5.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9167 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am]
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