[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67319-67320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5869]


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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 November 13, 2007, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Wilhelm Enterprises Corp., et al., 
Civil Action No. 07-CV-765, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of New York.
    The proposed Consent Decree will settle the United States' claims 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 
16 defendants pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, with respect to the Peter Cooper (Markhams) 
Superfund Site, located in the Hamlet of Markhams, Town of Dayton, 
Cattaraugus County, New York. The defendants include: Wilhelm 
Enterprises Corporation; Brown Shoe Company, Inc.; Seton Company; GST 
AutoLeather; Prime Tanning Company, Inc.; Viad Corporation; ConAgra 
Grocery Products Company, Inc.; Leucadia National Corporation; Beggs & 
Cobb Corporation; Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.; Genesco, Inc.; Albert 
Trostel & Sons Co.; Blackhawk Leather Ltd.; Eagle Ottawa, LLC; S.B. 
Foot Tanning Company; and Horween Leather Company (``Settling 
Defendants''). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Settling Defendants will 
pay a total of $511,000 in reimbursement of the United States' response 
costs for the Site, plus interest. In addition, 12 of the Settling 
Defendants will finance and perform the remedy selected by EPA for the 
Site, estimated to cost $1.3 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this

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publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Wilhelm Enterprises Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 
07-CV-765, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06887/4.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of New York, 128 Delaware 
Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202, and at EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 
New York, New York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the 
proposed 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 proposed 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 
number (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If 
requesting a copy by mail from the Consent Decree Library, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $84.25 ($0.25 per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the United States Treasury or, if requesting by e-mail 
or fax, forward the check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library 
at the address stated above. If requesting a copy exclusive of 
exhibits, please enclose a check in the amount of $22.25 ($0.25 per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5869 Filed 11-27-07; 8:45 am]
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