[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14712]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 18, 2008, a Consent Decree in 
United States of America v. Avco Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:08-cv-
1161-ARC, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    The consent decree resolves the claims of the United States under 
Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for 
reimbursement of its past response costs incurred in connection with 
the Avco-Lycoming Superfund Site, located in Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania. The consent decree obligates Avco Corporation to 
reimburse $340,000 of the United States' past response costs paid 
through July 3, 2007, and all future response costs paid after that 
date.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
proposed Consent Decree. 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, Attention: 
Nancy Flickinger (EES), and should refer to United States of America v. 
Avco Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:08-cv-1161-ARC, DOJ  90-
11-3-06903/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Federal 
Building, 228 Walnut Street, Suite 220, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1754. 
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 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 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 $32.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost for a full copy) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14712 Filed 6-27-08; 8:45 am]
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